About
Brigitte Runnalls is known for her luminescent paintings of glass. Her large-scale oils magnify her subject and bring importance to an otherwise overlooked item. She has always been fascinated by the way light bends and distorts through glass. "I used to be fascinated by prisms when
I was a child and loved to see the spectrum of light pass through. It was magic to me! My goal is to engage the viewer to see an ordinary thing in a whole new way. I imagine my glass marbles yelling off the canvas, "look at me!"
Brigitte is especially interested in people's collections and the stories behind them. "There is something nostalgic and special about an individuals collection." She once painted a comission of a customer's rock collection that held memories of finding and polishing semi-precious stones with his father. I have painted collections of marbles, glass insulators, glass bottles, vintage dishes and feathers. I find it hopeful when people see beauty in the little things and I try to bring importance and show these things in a modern way.
Brigitte has shown her work in Montana, Utah, Washington and Colorado. Her work is part of the permanent collection at La Posada in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has done numerous commissions and is privately collected. She received her BA in Art from Gonzaga University in 2000 and received the Senior Art Award upon completion. Brigitte resides in Colorado with her husband and two boys. Her youngest son has carried on the tradition of collecting and has an impressive collection of bottle caps.
I was a child and loved to see the spectrum of light pass through. It was magic to me! My goal is to engage the viewer to see an ordinary thing in a whole new way. I imagine my glass marbles yelling off the canvas, "look at me!"
Brigitte is especially interested in people's collections and the stories behind them. "There is something nostalgic and special about an individuals collection." She once painted a comission of a customer's rock collection that held memories of finding and polishing semi-precious stones with his father. I have painted collections of marbles, glass insulators, glass bottles, vintage dishes and feathers. I find it hopeful when people see beauty in the little things and I try to bring importance and show these things in a modern way.
Brigitte has shown her work in Montana, Utah, Washington and Colorado. Her work is part of the permanent collection at La Posada in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has done numerous commissions and is privately collected. She received her BA in Art from Gonzaga University in 2000 and received the Senior Art Award upon completion. Brigitte resides in Colorado with her husband and two boys. Her youngest son has carried on the tradition of collecting and has an impressive collection of bottle caps.