Who I am
My name is Jocelyn Arreola, born February 9, 1997, in the border city of El Paso, Texas, though I grew up juggling life on both sides. I’m an Aquarius sun, which basically explains my weirdly visionary ideas, a Pisces moon, so yes, I over-feel everything, and a Cancer rising, which means I can make you feel seen before you even open your mouth. I’m equal parts brainy, moody, and somehow extatic.
The name Grenzlos, an adaptation of the German word grenzenlos meaning “limitless,” was conceived when I was 13 as a reminder to never confine myself — to always explore, create, and dream without boundaries. This ethos guides my work today: painting as a vehicle to explore the unseen, to tell stories that move, transform, and invite reflection.
Through each brushstroke, I aim to merge personal experience, mystical imagery, and surreal storytelling — creating art that is at once intimate, expansive, and limitless.
How I got here
After a transformative season in Yellowstone and the upheaval of a global pandemic, I found myself drawn to Big Sky, Montana — to the mountains, the wilderness, and the chance to discover a new path. Originally planning to pursue hospitality, I instead answered a deeper calling: painting. During a quiet quarantine, I picked up a brush for the first time in years, creating a small acrylic painting of a bison. That piece sparked commissions, and soon I was painting landscapes, animals, and the untamed spirit of Big Sky’s mountains and community.
The experience of creating Surrender, my first large-scale piece, taught me the power of vulnerability and storytelling in art. Later, travels through Mexico introduced me to murals and frescoes, where I discovered the work of Rivera, Orozco, and other masters who transformed public spaces into living narratives. In Oaxaca, I trained in the fresco technique and completed a two-meter mural that helped me process personal grief and reconnect with my purpose as an artist.
Where I’m going
Today, I live and work in Oaxaca, preparing my studio for what will be my most ambitious project yet — a 13+ piece collection of frescoes.
This series, rooted in magical surrealism, is a narrative journey into the subconscious, a pilgrimage through what I call the “inner desert,” the vast and mysterious landscape of the mind and spirit.
Through these works, I explore the idea that wisdom is not found in external noise but in surrendering inward — along the path where spirituality and quantum physics meet, where the unseen patterns of the universe mirror the hidden truths within ourselves.
Each piece will stand on its own, yet together they will form a larger story about discovery, surrender, and transformation.