Up until the year 2000, Van Brunt spent most of his adult life in New York City where he worked in commercial art and advertising while he continued to develop his digital art. He showed his work in various venues including one Upper West Side gallery appropriately named Outer Space.

In 2000, Van Brunt, and his family moved to Cold Spring, NY. Soon thereafter he bid farewell to advertising and started Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon, NY. Later he was Gallery Director of Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. Throughout this period his digital art continued to evolve and he now includes animation, video projection, collaborative performance, installation, and exploration of Artificial Intelligence in his practice. Van Brunt has shown his work extensively throughout the Hudson Valley region.