Brigitte Bernard is a painter whose work is rooted in myth and folklore. She is drawn to stories that feel older than memory, and to the way they continue to live through imagination, image, and emotional atmosphere. Her paintings explore the space where the present overlaps with an older symbolic world, where story, memory, and dream exist side by side.

She grew up in Northern California and attended Waldorf schools, where art and creativity were a natural part of everyday learning. That environment encouraged her to work with imagination, inner worlds, and symbolic imagery, and those early influences continue to shape the way she approaches painting today.

Working primarily in oil, Brigitte creates paintings that draw upon symbolism, memory, and archetypal imagery. Rather than illustrating specific narratives, her work invites viewers into spaces that feel both familiar and mysterious, suggesting stories that exist just beyond reach while remaining open to personal interpretation.