K Gavin Brooks

For each painting I offer additional images of the work in a well designed room. Art has an important role in interior design and both are made successful through good composition. Composition and design are what I am always thinking about when I paint. I have explored both realism and abstract painting in larger formats. I have had extensive training in both oil painting and sculpture. After 24 years of making landscape paintings, I am now exploring abstraction and expressive styles in my oil paintings. My interest in abstract painting comes after years of working in realism and contemporary impressionism. I rely on my experience for the importance of space and design. This accumulation of ideas and experiences influences my tonal color harmonies and shapes which contribute to pursuit of mood. I love interior design and find inspiration in color palettes that make interior spaces as interesting as an outdoor experience. I love neutrals and use them as big components to support color arrangements. I depart from classical style to explore big texture and energy and I return back to more narrative subjects with new ideas for weather and light. . The subject of human figure is coming back as a topic for me and I will be posting so...

The Schüler School of Fine Art -Graduate Atelier Program
Baltimore Maryland 1999-2001
College of Notre Dame University
Baltimore Maryland 1985-1987

2015 Gold Medal Exhibition CAC, The Autry, Los Angeles California
The Laguna Art Museum - LPAPA Invitational 2009,2010
The Academy Art Museum Easton Md, PAEaston, Juried 2006,2007,2009