Patrick Okrasinski

Patrick Okrasinski Plein Air Oil Painting

I still have a ton of paintings form the past few months that I haven’t shared. Oops. Here’s one of them. I was fighting...
09/09/2026

I still have a ton of paintings form the past few months that I haven’t shared. Oops. Here’s one of them. I was fighting for my life in this forest. The mosquitoes were vicious.

09/09/2026

The sky above the horizon is RARELY blue. A short clip from a tutorial I made for Patreon

09/09/2026

I am freaking out right now, because as a creator, the platform Patreon just made my life a million times easier. Wow. Anyway.

This painting was the last of three from a particularly fun of painting in Poland with Adam Radzisz and . It was the be...
07/09/2026

This painting was the last of three from a particularly fun of painting in Poland with Adam Radzisz and . It was the best type of day, and a great session to end on.

There’s something about painting sunsets where the stakes are higher. You’re racing to catch the light before it’s gone for the night. You may even be running late and just racing to get to the location in time.

I remember how clear my mind was when painting this. The light seemed to stay still, and the painting went fast. In my photos app, I can see the time stamp between the images I was finding a composition with, and the image of the finished painting. 8:33, and 9:04.

When I knew what I wanted to paint, I reached for my largest brushes. A lot of the strokes you see are one and done. Those distant hills were all single, clean marks. If only I could do this with every painting.

This is another one of my favorite paintings from this year. The Whole collection will be available on September 19. If you would like the early access along with the high resolution images and the digital catalogue and video preview, as I release all of those before the sale, comment “collect” to join the collectors newsletter💁‍♂️

Time flies when you’re having fun. These are some of my favorite pieces from this year. Looking back I’m grateful for al...
05/09/2026

Time flies when you’re having fun. These are some of my favorite pieces from this year. Looking back I’m grateful for all the beautiful moments and great friends along the trip.

It was an open ended trip, and eventually I kept extending my stay, and pushing back my flight, quite a few times. The total tally of paintings after 3 1/2 months in Italy Switzerland France and Poland was 86.

And I’ve finally picked a date for the drop! They’ll be available on a studio sale on September 19, for that weekend only. It’s a short window before I have to get ready to go to Utah.

I’ll be sharing more of the paintings I never got around to posting, and more stories from the journey in the next two weeks. For now, if you don’t want to miss anything, and you want early access to the sale along with the other goodies, consider joining my collectors newsletter!

29/08/2026

Several of the paintings from this year’s big painting expedition. Florence Rome Switzerland Chamonix Paris Poland. If all goes well, the studio sale with these pieces will be in three weeks!

I’m a little too tired to write anything else for this post this morning. Comment “collect” if you’d like to join the Collector‘s newsletter cannot miss any of the information leading up to the drop, along with early access, high resolution images, digital catalog, and the video preview as I release more information 🤷‍♂️

This is another throwback to May. It ended up being a four morning Painting. I had the idea to paint the horses in the e...
27/08/2026

This is another throwback to May. It ended up being a four morning Painting. I had the idea to paint the horses in the early morning light, and me thinks it went better than unexpected.

I remember on the first day setting up, early in the morning before anyone was in the Square, and before there was any light on the statue. As the morning went on, the sun started to peek over the Palazo’s on the other side of the square, and the light slowly worked it’s way down from the top of the statue until it was lighting up all of the water.

Right around 8:57 I was promptly kicked out by La Polizia, so I knew I could only paint until about 8:45 each morning before the patrols started. And so I did.

In this painting, I tried to leave the horses more and focus, and create somewhat of a focal point, leaving other parts of the painting much looser and suggested. If I had gone and painted every droplet, it could have been a real disaster.

This is the last still image I have to share of the large paintings from this year in Florence. They’ll all be available in my studio sale next month. If you would like to get early access to the sale before it drops, along with hires images, digital catalogue, video preview, and other stories about the collection before it drops, consider signing up to the Collector’s newsletter. If you comment “collect”, I can share a link to easily do just that! 🙌

There is a very wide area along the closest river to my family in Poland which is considered a flood zone. Nothing gets ...
23/08/2026

There is a very wide area along the closest river to my family in Poland which is considered a flood zone. Nothing gets build, and it’s mostly fields of grass that get mowed and turned to bales for dairy cows.

Some painters might think there’s nothing more boring than painting some flat fields, but I disagree. The amount of atmospheric perspective you see in the distance, along with the full zones of the skies is beautiful. Simple, yet beautiful.

This was a slightly larger planner than I usually do, around a 12 x 16”, and I was really happy with how quickly the color came together. I remember not using a tone for this canvas, and using a bit more solvent than I usually would. I’m trying to get fast faster at larger scales, and I’m seeing some progress there.

This piece is going to be available next month in my upcoming studio sale. I’ve still got a lot of prep work, but if you don’t wanna miss it, comment “collect” collect and I can send you a link to join the Collector’s newsletter, where you’ll get other stories from the trip, along with high resolution images, a digital catalog, a video preview, and early access to when the sale finally drops!

This painting is of the St Matthew niche of Orsanmichele. It was done In Florence in May, on days where it was overcast....
22/08/2026

This painting is of the St Matthew niche of Orsanmichele. It was done In Florence in May, on days where it was overcast. Even though the statue is mostly in shade on sunny days, the bouncing sunlight off of other buildings and ambients blues of the sky can completely change the scene.

I particularly liked the deep and mysterious shadows that formed around the face and robes. The bronze had interesting notes of emeralds, which played off of the color of the marble.

Usually the trick to making shadows read as if they are full of atmosphere and air, is to hold a little bit of value back in reserve. Think if your value scale is white as 0 and black as 10, it’s way better to keep your shadows in the 6-8 range. This is especially effective because it helps make sure your shadows are colorful.

i’m back home now, after 3 1/2 months of painting in Italy, Switzerland, France, and Poland. The final tally is 84 canvases, though not all of these are finished. There are a few that are just going to get tossed, and a handful that still need some final touch ups.

But if you’d like to see the full collection, and possibly give one of these paintings at home, I will eventually have these available on my website. In the lead up to the drop, I’ll also be releasing a full catalogue, Hi-Rez images, and a video preview. If you don’t want to miss any of that, comment “collect” and I’ll send you a link to join my Collector’s newsletter, so you never miss any important information! 💁‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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