Patrick Okrasinski

Patrick Okrasinski was born in New York City in 1996. Even as a young boy, he was consumed by drawing. The time he spent with his grandparents in the idyllic Polish countryside helped fuel his love of the natural world.

Beginning in 2016, he was able to study at the highest levels of figurative painting under the tutelage of Jordan Sokol, Amaya Gurpide, Stephen Bauman, Cornelia Hernes, and Edmond Rochat. As a student he won numerous prizes.

After graduating in 2019, he spent three months as Artist in Residence with the Claude Monet Foundation in Giverny, painting in Monet’s garden and the surrounding French countryside.

In 2020 he was awarded the prestigious Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship Grant for the purpose of traveling and painting the great historic and cultural centers of Europe.

In 2021 as well as 2022, he was awarded the Hudson River Fellowship at Wethersfield, a collaborative fellowship that brings together classically trained artists to study and paint nature for three weeks.

In 2023, he was honored to be a part of the Institute of Classical Art and Architecture’s Exhibition Enduring Beauty: Works from Emerging Practitioners of the Classical Tradition, a select display of leading young professionals in classical art and architecture today.

He is currently based in New Jersey and enjoys traveling frequently. With his plein air practice he pursues a variety of subject matter, from sandy shores to venetian canals.