Maryam G. J. Verbruggen is an artist that focuses and draws attentions to themes of death, grief, and other emotions society may deem to be better hidden.

While Verbruggen focuses on Oil Paintings, she also explores other mediums such as fibre arts, filet crochet, and other sculptural methods. With influences drawing from 16th and 17th century flemish and dutch painters and lace makers she draws from the past and the dead in every piece.