After working for ten years almost exclusively in oils she has made a transition to working in the more direct medium of pastel and it is through this medium she attains her highly finished, detailed, expressions of people.
“Hugo transcends conventional notions of realism not so much because of her technical ability, but because her drawings of people somehow capture the essence of each particular subject.” -Peter Machen
She has exhibited her work countrywide, in London, Holland and France.
Art works have been bought by corporate collectors like Standard Chartered Bank, London, The University of Johannesburg, Blend Property Group, The Johannesburg Eye Hospital, Vulisango Holdings,The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, Ukwazi Mining Industry Consultants, Richard Spoor Attorneys, UNISA as well as private collectors around the world.
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