Silverlake Crossing | 32″ x 30″ x 1.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD
original painting by Brooke Harker. Artist’s Description: I developed an appreciation of the Silverlake area in Los Angeles the year prior to making this painting. I went there weekly to participate in a deep meditation practice. One of the days after my meditation, I wandered with my camera and captured an image of a mother walking across the street at Parkman with her little boy. There was something about how she carried his backpack that captured my attention.
Read MoreChinatown Skies| 68″ x 50″ x 2.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker
Click magnifying glass icon to see full painting. Click here for price or inquiry of current exhibition location. Artist’s Description: Chinatown Skies depicts a scene from Chinatown in San Francisco and contains a surge of energy in preparation for my trip to paint in the southern city of Dongguan, China in the fall of 2012. It had been my dream to visit southern China since I had spent the summer in Beijing years earlier. This painting came to fruition while listening to Mandarin CDs and thinking about the last empress of China as depicted in books by one of my favorite authors Anchee...
Read MoreIrish Pub | 45″ x 22″ | ink & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD
original painting by Brooke Harker, 2012. I have many memories from this Irish Pub in Wiesbaden Germany. Many nights I walked there to meet friends, hear live music, sing and harass my favorite bartender. This painting now lives in Dongguan, China, at Murray’s Irish pub, which is owned by the man who once mixed my white Russians at the Irish Pub in Wiesbaden.
Read MoreLaguna Asleep | 36″ x 42″ x 2.75″ | ink & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD
original painting by Brooke Harker, 2012. I often walk down the street in this painting when I stay in Laguna Beach. There is a charm and elegance in this area that feels like home. At midnight on my birthday in 2012, I stood outside sketching this street, then I colored in the sketch in the dark. Once in the light I laughed as my color choices by street light were not quite my intention. This painting took on its own energy that is quite different from the feeling I have walking in Laguna at night. However, the painting started from...
Read MoreDreams in Concrete | 48″ x 48″ x 2.5″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD
original painting by Brooke Harker. Artist’s Description: Before I lived in Los Angeles, I worked as a civilian for US ARMY Europe in Germany. My goal was to have a “normal” job working with children and have weekends to travel, write and paint. In going to Europe, I wanted to get away from diving deep into emotional territory as I had been doing in theatre studies…or so I thought. However, taking a job with the military 2 weeks prior to 9/11 didn’t really create an environment free of emotional territory. I worked with 50-120 kids per day, children who were used to moving, all over the...
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