Frux is deeply interested in the wilderness both aesthetically and as mountaineer. His climbing career has dovetailed with creative work in increasingly remote locations. Frux has served as artist in residence in four national park units: Weir Farm National Historic Site in Wilton, Connecticut; Glacier National Park; Joshua Tree National Park; Death Valley National Park, and Mount Washington Observatory. Frux was the first artist in residence at the Mount Washington Observatory, White Mountains New Hampshire and held an exhibit there after his residency. He has painted in the Rocky Mountains, Andes, Sierra Nevada, and Mojave Desert, including ‘portraits' of significant peaks such as Cerro Fitzroy, Sajama and Lotus Flower Tower. This work have been included in the permanent collection of the National Park Service and exhibited by the American Alpine Club. In December 2007 Frux traveled as artist in residence aboard the cruise ship Orlova to the Antarctic Peninsula; his paintings of Half Moon Bay, South Shetland Islands have been published as a print. He worked as an artist aboard ship Midnatsol in Arctic Norway, November-December 2009.