Brooks Anderson
The totemic, brooding, monolithic shapes in a landscape setting—huge clouds over a steel-cast ocean, giant sea stacks and headlands of remote northwestern coasts—have always been an abiding and unshakable visual theme in my work. Tested by weather and time, these objects symbolize a spiritual rootedness and an anchor of hope for a variable and vulnerable human society. The underlying scheme of light and the interplay of foundational abstract composition propel me in a progressive direction.
My early work portrayed a visual response to the detailed, lyrical landscapes of that time: wide-angle narrative, light and shadow play. The more accomplished pieces were heroic and dramatic, compelling one to enter an evocative place. While painting and residing in the south of France, I explored and integrated the surreal sense of light in landscape.
Each painting, each day, each brushstroke pushes me further. The landscape has always summoned the artist to transcribe its compelling mysteries. In my work, the hallowed places, expanse and depth, and environmental fragility are in concert with nature’s resilience. My landscape and seascape paintings move beyond the visual.
Art changes us, as viewer and as artist. It has the power to challenge, to confront, and to heal.
Piece: Ha’upu (Kauai)
Location: Conference Room Hallways
Description: oil on Asian screen
Dimension: 35” x 70”
Price: $5500
Piece: Terra Lumina, no. 3 |
Piece: Golden Gate Fields, no. 2 Dimension: 48” x 36” Price: $4750 |
Piece: Throne of the Mountains
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Piece: Before the Vines
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Piece: Reemergence, no. 1 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 2 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 3 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 4 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 5 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 6 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 7 |
Piece: Reemergence, no. 8 |
Inquiries for purchase, please contact artist directly at (707) 479-3605 or brooksa@sonic.net.