Edward Brooks
Painting
991 Tyler Street #208
Benicia, CA 94510
Studio phone: 707-745-1483, Cell phone:
707-334-1573

ehbrooks@gmail.com

 

www.edwardbrooksfineart.com


In the Valley of Sushumna

 

Edward Brooks is a sculptor, painter, and photographer whose work spans a long career and encompasses many media and influences.

His most recent sculptures embrace the shapes and shadows that are conducive to inner contemplation and celebrate the joys of life. His paintings draw from diverse influences: abstract expressionism, Asian calligraphy, collage, and nature. His mixed media works incorporate acrylic, Sumi ink, graphite and charcoal. His bold use of color and brushwork creates works that range from energetic and joyful celebration to Zen restraint and serenity.

His photography of the California coast and mountains apotheosizes the forces of earth, wind, fire, and water as expressed in wind shaped trees and water sculpted rocks against a backdrop of cloud embellished skies.

Edward Brooks trained as a sculptor and believing in the Renaissance concept: worked as a leather craftsman, musician, actor, finish carpenter, and construction estimator while completing his journey as painter and sculptor.
He studied at the Museum College in Philadelphia; the Art Student League in New York City; and the Tyler School of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

 

His work has been collected throughout the United States and Paris, France. He has shown his photographs and small abstractions at the Spectrum Photography Co-op in Fresno; Mendocino Art Center; Fairfield Visual Arts Association; Consortium for the Arts in Walnut Creek; and Arts Benicia.

About his own work Edward says, "The themes are mainly about the intertwining rhythms and the joy of life's experiences."

Be Still and Know