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Brooks Anderson Paintings

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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
Terminus no. 2
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking impressionistic ocean scene with large cumulus cloud rising where the mountains meet the ocean. Tranquil blue water with filtered early evening light captured on the canvas where time stands still. Ready to hang unframed with its edge painted in a reddish brown patina for which the artist is known. Artist signed, titled and dated. Condition is excellent / as new. Brooks Anderson...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Estuario
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 American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pacific Rim no. 4
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pacific Rim no. 4 is an ocean beach scene - oil on canvas is 24 x 48 inches, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Love...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Passage: West Marin
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 American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reverie: Morning
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ethereal landscape with water celebrating morning light. Oil on canvas is 30 x 40 inches, and it is meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Signed, ti...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"SEVEN SISTERS, no. 1", Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Yardley, PA
From the Sussex coastline of southeast England, there are dramatic, high limestone cliffs. I love the starkness of the blues and greens of sky and sea juxtaposed with the brilliant w...
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2010s Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil

'TRITON, NO. 3", Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Yardley, PA
Power and light. That's what I get from this second wave painting. The world could always use more Power and Light, and Nature will always remind us of that grand Truth. :: Painting ...
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2010s Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil

Sentinel (Midcentury Modern)
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sentinel (Midcentury Modern)' - oil on canvas is 36 x 48 inches, meticulously painted by American Realist Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stillwater
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Stillwater' - oil on canvas is 12 x 36 inches, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lovely to behold from every angle....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Galatea: Calm Seas- (folding screen)
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking ocean scene, 'Galatea: Calm Seas' on a folding Japanese screen' 2022 oil on a Japanese screen, 24 x 48 inches, Deep blue water with filtered ear...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Humboldt County no. 4
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Humboldt County ocean beach scene - oil on canvas is 24 x 36 inches, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lovely to beh...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Talisman
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Talisman' - oil on canvas is 24 x 60 in (60.96 x 152.40 cm), meticulously painted by American Realist Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lov...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

GRAVITAS / 4x8 feet, breathtaking contemporary realist painting
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking and grand ocean scene / landscape with tree branch and distant hills, 'Gravitas' is 4 x 8 feet , 48 x 96 inches. Tranquil blue water with filtered ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Altarpiece
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Alterpiece. Oil on canvas, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in the artist's signature style. Lovely to behold from every angle. Singed, titled, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Angles: Above and Below
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking ocean scene, 'Angles: Above and Below' 2020 oil on canvas, 18 x 36 inches, Here, deep blue water with filtered early evening light is capt...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Altarpiece: Good Omen
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Altarpiece: Good Omen' - oil on canvas is 30 x 60 in, meticulously painted by American Realist Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lovely to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spiritus
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Spiritus - oil on canvas is 24 x 24 inches, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lovely to behold from every angle. Sin...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"ALTAMONT, NO. 1", Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Yardley, PA
ItΓÇÖs always an adventure and a challenge to revisit a previous painting, one that youΓÇÖre very familiar with from years ago. ItΓÇÖs another thing to completely revamp it. I just finished this revisitation and re-paint of ΓÇ£Altamont, no. 1.ΓÇ¥ I love the work of the California Arts and Crafts period (turn of the century), and especially the Tonalist work of Arthur and Lucia Mathews...
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2010s Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil

"VERITAS" Truth", Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Yardley, PA
The question "What is truth?" is a hot topic, especially today. Truth"”at times affronted and manipulated"”can elicit the nuances of shadow and light. But t...
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2010s Photorealist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil

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Ad Astra no. 2
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Tabula Raza (Clean Slate)
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Terminus no. 3
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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Mother Tongue
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DAYBREAK - Contemporary Impressionist landscape - water
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Deep water and early evening light floods the impressionist land and water scene from Brooks Anderson in DAYBREAK which is inspired by European landsca...
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AD ASTRA (To the Stars) - surf / waves
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Crashing ocean wave titled, 'AD ASTRA' which translates to English as "to the Stars". Tranquil blue green water filtered by sunlight captured on the canvas wh...
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Invictus: Undefeated
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Eucalyptus tree, where the mountains meet the sea, pictured in 'Invictus: Undefeated' evokes the resilience and invincibility of the human spirit in the face of extreme personal and ...
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Emergence: Shadows and Light
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Desert cactus and the sea pictured in 'Emergence: Shadows and Light' where the artist uses cactus as a vehicle for exploring and recognizing the nuances of...
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Find a wide variety of authentic Brooks Anderson paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Brooks Anderson in oil paint, paint, canvas 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 Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Brooks Anderson paintings, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of John Morfis, Randall Mooers, and Maryann Lucas. Brooks Anderson paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,000 and tops out at $14,000, while the average work can sell for $3,250.

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