Author Profile

Though born in Chicago, Brugos has lived in Calirornia, Colorado, Hawaii and France. She now resides in Oakland, California. Her art training was at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN with studio classes at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Chicago Art Institute. Brugos is a mixed media artist She uses paint, fabric, found objects, suminagashi and batik fragments. Brugos invites the viewer to make his/her own interpretation of her art. She lived seven years near Paris, in Versailles, France. Her work was first publicly exhibited in 1991 at the Salon des Independants in the Grand Palais Museum in Paris, France. Brugos work has been seen in galleries in Paris, Colorado and California. Her work is held in both corporate and private collections. Artist Statement: I gather experience, play with proportion and paint with texture.