Alan G. Brooks - Art and Illustration

Originally posted Sunday, July 14, 2013 A repost of a piece about Jesus - therefore  this must be about the Return of Jesus! Man of Sorrows Above - Man of Sorrows after my original discovery on Google Earth. Original capture from Google Earth 14th July 2013 Within the capture I noticed a face in the center of the map of the USA. The face is to the right of the center and is slightly looking down - appearing sorrowful - mournful. Below - a close up of the profiled face. Face detail - prior to enhancement Area on map of finding Enhancement - and rough detailing of the discovery Man of Sorrows I think - quite rightly so - it was the right time to bring this piece out again. All shall be revealed. Onward and Upward Alan Brooks

Impressionism - or art that made an impression . . . on me study for painting Above is my "preparatory" study for the impressionist piece entitled "Cortez Woman with Peacock" The finished piece is below. Finished artwork In actual fact as you will see below it is something I saw in the landscape near Cortez. The original findings you will see from a screenshot of Google Earth below. Original finding from Google Earth Alan Brooks Onward and Upward

1993 or thereabouts . . . So, more pieces discovered from a visit to England. This time it is a couple of design / drawings made in preparation for paintings. I had signed the originals 1993 and remember they were made for a poster company in Holland [if my memory serves me well.] I was still working in airbrush, watercolors, gouache and inks on illustration board at that time. Dolphin Princess 1 - Alan Brooks 1993 Dolphin Princess 2 - Alan Brooks 1993 Another erm, quirky couple of pieces here I reckon. Quirky in as much as we have been hearing a lot from the Diamond Princess / ocean cruise ships in the last few weeks due to the pandemic happening right now. Seems to me there is a lot of ocean, princess and crown going on in these pictures  . . . . time of the signs - or sign of the times - I don't know for sure. I would say that these - and the other pieces brought back from England all have specific time related stamps in on and about them.  Mad...

Jethro Tull . . . Alan Brooks 1968 Another picture salvaged from the treasure trove that is my Mom's house in Catshill England. My drawing of Jethro Tull from when I was 14. Looks like I have drawn their likenesses from the cover of their first album This Was. Their best album and sound imo. Alan Brooks

Still watching . . . I was surprised to see the pieces that were brought back from my Mom's after a  visit to Catshill in Bromsgrove England. Among the artworks  gathered were two paintings and a drawing from 1968. I would have been 14 at that time. Same Difference 1 - Yesterday, Today and Forever. Alan Brooks 1967 - 2020. The really surprising thing was that I was able to see I haven't swerved from my basic standpoint in art from all of those years ago. These pieces were blueprints as far as I could see. They were as now as they were then . I am still using these same artistic recipes and themes right now as I was back in the day. You have the Beatles, angels, destruction, pop art, social commentary, Armageddon  . . . well, I don't have to go on, you can see for yourself. Same Difference 2 - Yesterday Today and Forever. Alan Brooks 1967 - 2020. Same difference . . . still me . . . older for sure, but still the same sad world of fighting, politi...

An unexpected find . . . "Watching and Waiting"  Alan G. Brooks - Watercolour, gouache and inks. 1996 I've started to put some newer pieces up on my site. One of those pieces is pictured above - "Watching and Waiting," inspired by the Moody Blues song on the album To our children's children's children. I did the picture in inks watercolors and gouache. 1996 I think it was. It coincides with the last blog piece where I had mentioned a "Time Circle" Seems I was taken literally and coincidentally with the arrival of this picture. My wife has been visiting my Mother in England and found this print [above] in a collection of proofs, drawings and what not at her house. Coincidentally the last few days saw a progression of mole hills that I had to flatten in our back yard. Today the latest came right up to one of our fences - as if to announce - "I'm at the door" - So, he certainly is grabbing my attention for so...

"Time . . ." - Early seventies - ['72 most probably.] The Way We Were - The Way It Is - The Things To Come and more . . .  New Gallery of acrylic, oils and traditional painting and drawing coming to the blog and my website in the next few days.