There is a stark and quiet luminosity in the paintings of Bru Sim.
Aesthetic clarity and brilliance such as hers are products of instinct and restraint, innovation and maturity. The artist describes being in that juncture in her artistic and personal life where influences between experience and environment are cut down to its core where the light is. In her paintings these are its insights and concepts.
In spite of a lack in formal training (or because of it?), she is able to cross the boundaries in the artistic realm without snags. Placing herself in the category of lowbrow art, she brings to it an intuition in the character of materials. With embroidery she plays; there is another source of light in her painting. Very pattern driven, still remaining organic (vs. perfection), the acute focus of Bru is much illuminated.