Alan G. Brooks - Art and Illustration

 Iceland Spar Icelandic Spirit Iceland Spar , the Icelandic medieval Sun Stone used by the Vikings on their ships to locate the direction of the Sun in dark, foggy and overcast skies. Hekla Hekla is an active volcano in the south of Iceland. During the Middle Ages the Icelandic Norse called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell' The artwork above represents an adventure into Hekla, Icelandic Spar and the Island of Alderney in the Channel Isles where I used to spend my early childhood years each Summer. I was being treated by my Homeopathic doctor with Hekla for a tumour at the time of the revelations that unloaded themselves as the painting above.  I no longer have the tumour. But my fascination and respect with minerals, crystals and the earth itself grows continuously. Artwork is a combination of acrylic paint, airbrush, ink and photoshop Alan G Brooks Jay Brooks BROOKSWAVE

 For all those in Lockdown - caged - chained and despairing . . . . . Prayer 300 Way Out I did the picture above around 1999, 1998 even. It shows a man in a stone circle - in reverence - who at the same time has yet to understand that he is not only encircled by these stones but at the same time enslaved by them.  Just before he is to awaken to the fact that he is imprisoned by that which he is in awe of, his attention will be taken by the cross which is starting to appear before him. The cross is within a crystal encasement, but will be revealed fully to the man as soon as he gives his attention to it.  For the hard of hearing it is well worth remembering to harken unto the words of the book of Malachi [4:5] where it is explained in the last words of the Old Testament -  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: and [4:6] And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the ch...

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

. . . originally posted March 23 2013. My family send me cuttings from their local newspaper every now and again. It keeps me in touch a little way in getting to know what's going on in their village of Catshill and the larger town of Bromsgrove nearby. One of the cuttings was the one above which I copied and stuck to my pin board in the studio where I work. I couldn't help but see the spectral figure of a man in the tree, to the left of the church spire. I knew that he had something to say- so I decided I couldn't put it off any longer. I decided to investigate the message that wanted to appear. Using my intuitive methods I searched for the right picture - and when found - placed it in overlay on the original picture to line it up and observe the match. Match it did. I thought it might be W H Auden or A E Houseman because I used my intellect to try and "join in" on the proceedings. Not a good idea. My first thought was that...

Below are two unrelated photos that I am using to illustrate a point - [always hard to do when describing images] in this case it is once again about the Fab's, the Beatles, their alleged army of doubles, multiples, or call them as you will. The picture above has a still from the Michael Bay movie The Island [at right.] At left, of course are John and Yoko. As I was looking at the picture of the "Island" figure I couldn't shake off a 'vision' of John Lennon "superimposed" over the top of the mans head. The mans ear was giving way to / or morphing into Lennons eye. The bright area of the mans cheek and jaw was highlighting Lennons nose and so forth. This was not a vague representation or a staring at the clouds fantasy. The images were most clear and grew seamlessly as if they had always belonged together. After this event had somewhat subsided I searched for an image of Lennon that matched the one I had intuitively seen when they appeare...

I have yet to find out what this particular picture is all about. For the moment all that I know is I was pouring over some google earth areas searching for something completely unrelated. I remember looking down on a place called Cortez and thinking I could see a woman. The more I looked into it I picked out impressionistic bits and pieces of a landscape - or more particularly - scenery. A pool, stream - a ghostly apparition of a peacock appearing. So, I polished it up as a colored sketch idea and reveal it here. Below is the original map area and location that started this curiosity. Then a closer look into the area where I "saw" the woman. And finally, my impressionistic interpretation of the woman by the pool with peacock. Cortez Woman with Peacock Alan Brooks Design

  The Fab's, Julie Andrews and Switzerland. First of all let me begin by asking you to be patient enough to read a dream by the Swiss Analyst C. Jung. JUNG’S LIVERPOOL DREAM - copied below. “I was in Liverpool.  With a number of Swiss—say, half a dozen—I walked through the dark streets.  I had the feeling that there we were coming up from the harbor, and that the real city was actually up above, on the cliffs.  When we reached the plateau, we found a broad square dimly illuminated by street lights, into which many streets converged.  The various quarters of the city were arranged radially around the square.  In the center was a round pool, and in the middle of it a small island.  While everything round about was obscured by rain, fog, smoke, and dimly lit darkness, the little island blazed with sunlight.  On it stood a single tree, a magnolia, blazed with sunlight.  On it stood a single tree, a magnolia, in a shower of red...

Hello . . .  again . I decided to "come back" and assail you -  once again  - and with good reason too, I might add. [Imagine no John Lennon, it's easy if you try.  Dali too, come to think of it!] After suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune - or Instagram and Facebook, as they are more popularly known, I have headed back to the archaic and well trodden path of the blog! Personally the world of instagram seemed appealing [appalling?] at first. My pictures went up, the numbers went up - and then I surmised that all was not well. It was transforming into "bot" land. I mean, just who was real? Was I really being followed by "people" 100 per cent of the time? Why were more and more instagram pages looking like commercials - ad's - product placement's - and so on, and so forth? Were people really assigning bots to their accounts to chat and select images to interact with while they were away and doing ...