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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
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 Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

'The Sun Also Rises' - oil on canvas is 31 x 50 inches, 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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Kingdom (In Memory)
Kingdom (In Memory)

Kingdom (In Memory)

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Limantour no. 2
Limantour no. 2

Limantour no. 2

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Contemporary painter Brooks Anderson continues his exploration of the desert and mid-century architecture through oil landscapes that offer quiet meditations on land, sea, and sky. W...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Oil, Panel

GRAVITAS / 4x8 feet, breathtaking contemporary realist painting
GRAVITAS / 4x8 feet, breathtaking contemporary realist painting

GRAVITAS / 4x8 feet, breathtaking contemporary realist painting

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Gravitas is a breathtaking ocean scene / landscape with tree branch and distant hills, The oil painting measures 48 x 96 inches (4 x 8 feet). Tranquil blue wate...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Panel, Oil

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 Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Moderna Deepwell
Moderna Deepwell

Moderna Deepwell

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Moderna Deepwell', oil on panel painting is 424 x 48 inches unframed, meticulously painted by American Realist Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Altarpiece
Altarpiece

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

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooks Anderson Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Passage: West Marin
Passage: West Marin

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Sequence (Modernism)
Morning Sequence (Modernism)

Morning Sequence (Modernism)

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Morning Sequence (Modernism)' - oil on canvas is 40 x 60 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

The Sun Also Rises, no. 2
The Sun Also Rises, no. 2

The Sun Also Rises, no. 2

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

'The Sun Also Rises, no. 2' - oil on canvas is 30 x 60 inches, meticulously painted by American Realist Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lo...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Indian Canyons
Indian Canyons

Indian Canyons

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Indian Canyons' - oil on canvas is 48 x 36 inches, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lovely to behold from every an...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Estuario
Estuario

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Brooks Anderson Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Talisman
Talisman

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Mother Tongue

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DAYBREAK - Contemporary Impressionist landscape - water

DAYBREAK - Contemporary Impressionist landscape - water

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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.