Every painting begins long before the first brushstroke touches the canvas. It begins with a mood, a moment, an inner landscape. Collage elements are woven into the depth of each work: sheets of music that speak of sound, quotes that give words to something otherwise unspoken, and where it feels right, real natural elements — dried blossoms gathered from the very wilderness the painting carries. These fragments are not merely applied. They become part of the story, hidden and visible at once. Texture pastes build body and surface, letting layers breathe, rise, or recede. Light and shadow find new ways through. Then come the oils: layer by layer, glaze by glaze. Each coat holds the one beneath it — preserving it, transforming it. Depth emerges not as illusion, but as an honest trace of the process. A surface that has taken time, and shows it. The result is not a depiction. It is a place.

"Brune's practice is defined by complex mixed-media processes in which collage elements, fragments of text, and structure-building materials merge with layers of oil and acrylic — creating a dense, tactile surface that invites both the eye and the hand. It is precisely in the combination of emotional directness, material depth, and a clear thematic commitment to nature and wildlife conservation that an artistic position emerges: one that reveals remarkable maturity, consistency, and professional conviction.“

Dr. Alexander Rácz, Art historian