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FEB / MAR   2009  EXHIBITIONS  the metamorphosis project Charles Philip Brooks Heart of the Sea November Moonrise Winter Sea Nocturne Bio 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 primarily a landscape painter, focusing on the landscape of the southeastern United States. His work incorporates elements of impressionism and is firmly rooted in the American Barbizon / Tonalist tradition of landscape painting. He works out of the tradition 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. Artist Statement 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 humble subjects, which I return to often and work from with great care. My interest lies in landscapes that remain largely untouched by modern development, but instead preserve the quiet aspects of the natural world. I paint the landscape of North Carolina because it is natural for a painter of landscapes to admire familiar places and to make them the foundation of his work. HOME CALENDAR OUTREACH GALLERY ABOUT US LINKS CONTACT ARTSPACE GALLERY : @ PLANT ZERO : ZERO EAST FOURTH STREET : RICHMOND, VA 23224 : 804.232.6464 all content copyright : may not be reproduced in any form without written permission