My dad grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. He was always working with his hands in the earth and said it had healing powers.  When I was in 2nd grade he was diagnosed with a chemical imbalance. We thought he was going to die, but he pulled through for the love of his family. He was very strong to have done so and I look up to him for that. He painted in the basement with no sunlight, only artificial light but always seemed to create a masterpiece.  He went to school at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. His career as a Creative Director brought him across the U.S. He would draw the storyboards for commercials for Chevy and Jeep, then go on location and work with the director to make sure his vision was being filmed as accurately as possible. When he came home from his day job he would paint before going to sleep and then wake up in the morning and paint before going to work.

Frank and his father hunting in the woods of Pennsylvania west of the Delaware River.

Developing his passion, in the basement of a turn of the century farmhouse in

Goodison Hills, Michigan

Frank’s Mother (Anna), her siblings, and her parents. From left (in white): Siz, Mary, Anna, (in black) Elizabeth & Joseph Horvath

who died of the flu in 1918. Anna was born in 1915 and died in 1983.

Frank Brugos was born in Clifton, New Jersey on August 10, 1945 to Frank and Anna Brugos.

Welcome to Paint Creek Speaks, the blog for Paint Creek Prints, where you can speak your mind about the work of Frank Brugos.