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Brooks Anderson Abstract Paintings

American
Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, detail, and clarity of light, he evokes in paint the experience of atmosphere and natural phenomena. In 1982, he graduated California State University, Northridge, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Then in 1984, the renowned New York art critic Theodore F. Wolff discovered his work, and suggested that David Findlay, Jr., Fine Art should represent him. For the next decade he was represented there, as well as the Schmidt-Bingham and Sherry French Galleries in New York City. Olga Dollar and William Sawyer Galleries in San Francisco represented his work on the West Coast. His paintings are now found in numerous collections, including the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, and are featured in the seminal book, Spirit of Place: Contemporary American Realism in the Landscape Tradition, by John Arthur. His work was purchased by this museum, and was included in the museum’s multi-city exhibition, entitled “Green Woods and Crystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition.” Anderson is currently being represented by the Addington Gallery in Chicago, and Cooper and Smith in Essex, Connecticut. This year the Art Museum of Sonoma County is exhibiting his work in a comprehensive retrospective: “LANDSCAPE: Awe to Activism.” It is in his new series of large-scale, spiritually-evocative paintings that his vision opens up and aspires to majesty. Here he portrays the landscape in a contemporary context—pristine, modern meditations on land, sea, and sky, as if there is a divine structure beneath the surface. There is a riveting, imminent, and haunting quality to these numinous paintings of the natural world. Brooks Anderson, who lives in northern California, takes relish in the act of painting, responding to what is happening on the surface of the work. He builds up layers of vibrant, transparent color, while simultaneously harnessing an energy in the composition. Anderson dives beneath the surface appearance of his subject matter to discover something irresistibly profound.
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Artist: Brooks Anderson
Into Day
Into Day

Into Day

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

The impressionist land and water scene from Brooks Anderson. This estuary scene of Marin captures you and takes you on a journey from stream to ocean. Artist signed, titled and dated...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooks Anderson Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Open Sea
Open Sea

Open Sea

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

River Sequence Morning, by Brooks Anderson, created with oil on panel. 24 x 48 inches. Unframed and ready to hang and enjoy. Brooks Anderson is a contemporary painter whose oil lan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooks Anderson Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

River Sequence: Morning
River Sequence: Morning

River Sequence: Morning

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

River Sequence Morning, by Brooks Anderson, created with oil on panel. 24 x 48 inches. Unframed and ready to hang and enjoy. Brooks Anderson is a contemporary painter whose oil lan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooks Anderson Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Ancient Evening: Sonoma
Ancient Evening: Sonoma

Ancient Evening: Sonoma

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Ancient Evening: Sonoma by Brooks Anderson, created with oil on panel. 24 x 20 inches. Unframed and ready to hang and enjoy. Brooks Anderson is a contemporary painter whose oil lan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooks Anderson Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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Find a wide variety of authentic Brooks Anderson abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Brooks Anderson in oil paint, paint, panel and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Brooks Anderson abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Susan Hope Fogel, Deedra Ludwig, and Roy Wilce. Brooks Anderson abstract paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $6,000, while the average work can sell for $4,250.