Pati Trippel’s Biography

Pati Trippel and her husband, Alan, moved to Hot Springs Village via Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, New York and California almost three years ago.  Having double majored in Art and Elementary Education at Purdue University, her multi-faceted career has taken her to IBM as a systems engineer, owner of three Laundromats, a hand-scrub distributorship, legal secretary, owner and manager of the Sandwich Construction Company, teacher of after school art classes, faux painter and muralist, and finally as an interfaith minister from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and is a Shalem certified spiritual director and companion.  Through all these varied careers and the raising of her three sons, Rob, Dan and Tom, creating works of art was a constant in her life.  Though Pati is accomplished in watercolors, pastels, pencil, acrylics and charcoal, she has recently focused on her paintings using water media collage as an abstract realist.  In her work, she seeks to capture the spiritual essence of her subject and allow her viewer to participate in the creative process of interpreting her vivid paintings.  A lover of nature, her landscapes, florals and nature studies are crisp, clean, fresh and vibrant with color.  Snake skins, grasses, pine needles, wild flowers, leaves and butterfly wings are often incorporated into her work as she weaves reality and fantasy through her paintings.  When not painting, Pati volunteers her time with CASA, Ouachita Children’s Center, Computers for Kids, creates murals for children, sews, crochets, is a spiritual director, performs weddings and memorial services and speaks on spirituality and interfaith matters.

Pati is a member of Artists Workshop Gallery, the Hot Springs Village Brush Strokes art club, and the Hot Springs Fine Arts Center.  Pati’s work is currently on display at Artists Workshop Gallery and Gallery 726 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  For more information about her work, you can visit her website at www.patitrippel.com. She may be reached at 501-915-0946 or emailed at ptrippel@hotmail.com.

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