Charles Philip Brooks

b.1978

Charles Philip Brooks, born in North Carolina, studied in New England in the studio of highly respected Boston School authority Paul Ingbretson and with the renowned American Barbizon painter Dennis Sheehan. He is widely known for his evocative Tonalist landscapes.

His early work incorporates elements of impressionism and firmly rooted in the American Barbizon tradition, as established by such artists as George Inness, Alexander Wyant, Bruce Crane, John Francis Murphy, Dwight William Tryon, and North Carolina's own Elliott Daingerfield. Further influences include the painters Eugene Boudin and Charles -Francois Daubigny, as well as the many other masters of the French Barbizon School.

His recent works include paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures reflecting a highly emotive and personal approach, informed by a deep reverence for the history of art.

Artist' Statement On Painting

The tradition of Tonalist painting is one of intimate and nuance-filled art. The aim of my predecessors has been to reach ever-heightening subtleties of form through the poetic rendering of nature. In this spirit, my work is a continuation of a century-old tradition of American landscape painting.

Many of my paintings reflect...

Studied with Dennis Sheehan b. 1950 and Paul Ingbretson b. 1949 in New Hampshire

RESIDENCIES
2009-2012 Artist in Residence at Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences
Lead Instructor at Imperial Centre Painting Studio
2012 Artist in Residence at Maria V. Howard center

​SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 North Carolina Pastoral, 16 Patton Gallery, Ashville, NC
2011 Vow Of Silence: New Paintings, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Raleigh, NC
2010 Chase the Pale Moonlight,12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 Contemporary Tonalism, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC
Timbre Of Silence, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
North Carolina Twilight, Kinston Arts Center, Kinston, NC
2008 Prose, Poetry, and Painting, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
North Carolina Tonalist, Wisconsin Union Gallery, Madison, WI
2007 Nocturnes, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006 Southern Romantic, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Recent Tonalist Paintings, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Gray Skies and Golden Glazes, Café Gutenberg, Richmond, VA
2004 Charles Philip Brooks: Spring Showing, Thompson Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2002 Charles Philip Brooks: Prints and Drawings, Cardinal Gallery, Raleigh, NC
The Tradition of American Barbizon, Cardinal Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2001 Deep Wood...