Krystal Frost

HUSH

16x20 acrylic on canvas, 2023

A surrealist meditation on trauma.

Featured in 2024 gallery exhibition Where Ideas Come From

Painting of seated negative-image headless figure holding a skull, while tendrils from its neck go out a broken window and a cat sits nearby looking at an offscreen light sourceCloseup view of a portion of the painting featuring the skullCloseup view of a portion of the painting featuring the cat
Closeup view of a portion of the painting featuring a maple leafCloseup view of a portion of the painting featuring the effigy's face, with nose and mouth rubbed a shiny bronze colorPainting of the tomb effigy of Victor Noir, which is verdigris bronze, where two bright red maple leaves on the effigy suggest spilled blood from the head and heart

THE EFFIGY OF VICTOR NOIR

16x20 acrylic on canvas, 2024

Having found no account of where the bullet hit, we'll leave it to the leaves.

READ MY LIPS

series, each 12x16 acrylic on canvas

Edgar Allan Poe

Featured in the Minneapolis Institute of Art's Foot in the Door 5

Oscar Wilde

Vladimir Nabokov

Painting of Edgar Allan Poe in black and white with misaligned sections and bright red areas in the backgroundPainting of Oscar Wilde in black and white with misaligned sections and bold purple areas in the background with damask wallpaperPainting of Vladimir Nabokov in black and white with misaligned sections and jade green areas in the background and butterflies in the vignette
Painting of Nina Simone in black and white with misaligned sections and yellow-orange areas in the background, featuring the words EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT MISSISSIPPI GODDAMPainting of Amy Winehouse in black and white with lilies and a peacock blue background, her hair in swirling patterns paying tribute to Alphonse MuchaPainting of Prince with third eye in black and white with an overlaid shape of his guitar wherein the portrait is in shades of purple

SWEET MUSIC

series, each 12x16 acrylic on canvas

Nina Simone

Amy Winehouse

Prince

ELLA

acrylic on two 12x16 canvases

combined digitally

“I sing like I feel.” —Ella Fitzgerald

Painting of Ella Fitzgerald in black and white singing into a slatted microphone, with a circular paint spatter pattern behind her in fuschia and orange, on a black background
Painting of Vincent Price in black and white holding a cigarette, with a circular paint spatter pattern behind him in white and teal, on a black background

VINCENT

12x16 acrylic on canvas

“One thing is certain: the arts keep you alive.” —Vincent Price

© Krystal Frost 2026