For over thirteen years, Brenda Stumpf has focused on the faint pulse she finds in the shadows. The ceaseless intrigue she has for the ancient, the hidden, and the unknown, manifests itself through her found object sculpture, assembled paintings, and works on paper. The painter and art critic Douglas Max Utter wrote "Stumpf very often walks a thin line, finding metaphors that at once evoke spiritual purification and pollution. At its best her art inspires an intimation of subtle, ancient danger – mixed with the fresher scents of breeze and bloom."

In Stumpf's recent series of work, Eggs Rocks, Pearls, she explores, compares, and excavates the self by using a visual motif akin to that of geological formations, and three words to invoke specific metaphors. The series of pen and ink drawings look like piles; stacked, heaped, and mountainous. The formations are at times singular, in pairs or groupings, and some have gaping holes in there structure. A solo exhibition of this work will be on view in the fall at Box Heart Gallery.

Stumpf has recently signed with Walker Fine Art, who will represent the artist throughout the state of Colorado. Her work is included in the 2008 premier edition of Studio Visit, a nationally focused juried art catalog by The Open Studios Press, creator of New American Paintings.