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Patrick Trefz

Artist
@patricktrefz
capturing the intersection of art, culture, food, travel, and creative communities through photography, film, and books.
  • Art & DIY
  • Following 402
  • Followers 6.8K
  • Engagement 2.79%
  • Avg comments 11

About Patrick Trefz

Patrick Trefz (@patricktrefz) is an Artist creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. The account has 6,832 followers and 98 published posts. Recent posts average 177 likes and 11 comments, an engagement rate of 2.79%.

Patrick Trefz belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Patrick Trefz follows 402 accounts, so the audience is roughly 17 times the size of the list followed. Patrick Trefz uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Patrick Trefz under Artist, with Art & DIY as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Patrick Trefz runs to 16 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Patrick Trefz dates from April 2024.

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98 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Patrick Trefz, 6 are carousels and 4 are single images. That mix leans toward carousels. 98 published posts give Patrick Trefz a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 70 followers for each post published. Patrick Trefz also keeps 42 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 76 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include santa, cruz, early, friends and surf. The captions tag #creativedirection, #artdirection, #graphicdesign, #diseñografico and #pensandoenblanco.

From the Aether: Early 90ies Video still from our Santa Cruz Surf TV show on Channel 71 public access with Robert. The broadcast was a DIY, local surf program titled ‘Sandbar’. Uncle Euy made us a killer logo …we filmed mainly in town as both Robert and I only had bicycles for transportation. Robert a 10 speed, mine was a rusty old Schwinn. From the Wharf to the Ave was our territory. I lost sight of Robert wonder where he went... Interestingly enough, out of all of this came a decade and a half later ‘Bicycle Trip’ (2005). A 16mm short film starring riding his bike around Santa Cruz County. It is based on a dream I had, reflecting on my riding days. beautiful camera 🎥 work via on his Arriflex. Edit by the Diamond Brothers & 🎬💥— ——- Speaking of which: Bicycle Trip will be projected on the big screen during the coming to the town next month.
Looking forward to the kickoff event for the 25th anniversary of Outstanding in the Field on June 6th. I have been documenting Jim’s work for over two decades, and it never gets old! From his brother’s apple farm in Happy Valley to metropolitan rooftop dinners in San Francisco, environmental awareness projects highlighting the potential destruction of the Mundaka rivermouth to art installations in Berlin and NYC — the journey has been endlessly inspiring.
Sunday morning appreciation post….Tom and friends hanging out. 📷
‘Any Given Wednesday’ shot / Exhibition photographs with assistance by and 🎬
Deconstructed Peking Duck. ——-
I think of my early mentor, Lindé B. Martin, a German-born artist who worked from her home studio in Santa Cruz, California. She shaped my practice as an artist, photographer, and filmmaker in lasting ways.
Linde worked with a large palette knife, pushing with force, direct and physical—the heavy easel would jump back to the booming sounds of Wagner as she pressed her large palette knife against the canvas with uberstrength.

Born in Germany in 1930, she left her country on her own for Paris, where she studied art and modeled for painters at the Sorbonne University. In Biarritz, she continued both and became a long-distance ocean swimmer— pre wetsuit that was - coating her body in tar and remaining in the cold Atlantic for hours.
She came to the United States in 1953 and settled by the sea in Santa Cruz. The water stayed with her. Her paintings and glass works entered collections around the world.
From her, I learned color, composition, and the discipline of paint, along with a sensibility for food and living. She gave equal weight to small and large things—a meal, a garden, a room. Clear-eyed, unsentimental, exact. What she made mattered. How she lived did, too.
Peter Cole, math professor, at his Sunset Beach home. The Duke, Tom Blake, Bob Simmons—all friends and acquaintances of his. He has ridden some of the biggest waves ever surfed. scribed the article for - I had the honor to take these photographs of him. Shot on Pentax 67, 120 Ilford HP5. Handmade prints via my mentor
Dog Days of Summer- with the hot weather and tiny waves it seems like winter has come to an end. An ode to better years: rushing the peak like it’s three-foot Weasel Reef, attempts to backdoor Mav’s. An integral part of the first wave of Santa Cruz hellmen to surf Mavericks, Mel is still a well-established presence
there on every significant swell
living the art life. Barney made sure to care for the town’s old Pepe the turtle, as much as he cared for us. He’d feed Pepe a banana each day, and the giant tortoise, like the kind Darwin once marveled at in a sparsely vegetated lava field, simply cruised the white sand beaches, teaching us a lesson to not take life so seriously. Some days, as the sun melted below, I remember Barney stooped over tables outdoors, or stretched across his bed, painting vibrant curvatures of abstract bodies, or vivid, other-worldly landscapes and star patterns—something he was born to do.
Cover design for the book by the incomparable
Excitement and pride to see the book on a new journey in a unique place like the bookstore.

writes how early cooking lessons from his mother and a missive of exploration from his father led to 30+ years of travel, a tenure at, analysis of his friends through documentary, and the idea that food might leave the most indelible imprint of a culture. It’s all chronicled in his latest book

Creative direction by #creativedirection #artdirection #graphicdesign #diseñografico #pensandoenblanco

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Patrick Trefz's engagement

Patrick Trefz's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.79%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 36 followers. An average post collects 177 likes and 11 comments, close to 16 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

2.79%

Avg likes
177
Avg comments
11
Interactions : followers
1 : 36

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Who is Patrick Trefz?

Patrick Trefz (@patricktrefz) is an Artist creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. Patrick Trefz uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Patrick Trefz runs to 16 words.

How many followers does Patrick Trefz have?

Patrick Trefz has 6,832 followers on Instagram (6.8K). Patrick Trefz follows 402 accounts, so the audience is roughly 17 times the size of the list followed. 98 published posts give Patrick Trefz a moderate archive on Instagram.

What is Patrick Trefz's engagement rate?

Patrick Trefz's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.79%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 36 followers. An average post collects 177 likes and 11 comments, close to 16 likes for each comment.

What does Patrick Trefz post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Patrick Trefz under Artist, with Art & DIY as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Patrick Trefz, 6 are carousels and 4 are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Patrick Trefz repeatedly use the words santa, cruz, early, friends and surf. Patrick Trefz's captions carry hashtags such as #creativedirection, #artdirection and #graphicdesign. Patrick Trefz writes those captions mainly in English. Patrick Trefz keeps 42 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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