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If you saw my newsletter last month, you may have noticed me painting alongside an adorable 23 month old in North Carolina. Right before I departed for that trip, I met this little girl in Los Angeles.  She rode her bike to my studio and announced that she wanted to paint with me.

She arrived the next day with an easel strapped to a pink rolling suitcase full of art supplies.

 


We wired her doll to her easel for reference. Once set up she painted for 3 hrs on three artworks with only a break for water…I took way more breaks than her.

 

 

 


New paintings:

Downtown Stride by Brooke Harker  90” x 60″ x 3.75″ medium: ink, oil and acrylic on canvas

 

 

 

Urban River by Brooke Harker 66” x 44″ x 2.75″ medium: ink, oil and acrylic on canvas 

 

Join us Tonight at Lu Martin Galleries!

First Thursday Artwalks in Laguna Beach:
Tonight:    October 5, 6-9pm
November 2, 6-9pm
December 7, 6-9pm

Title pending…possibly Laguna in Motion  32″ x 40″

Lu Martin Galleries
372 N Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
www.lumartingalleries.com
949-494-8074

 

 

New in the Studio: The South of France

It’s time to add Le Grau du Roi to the bucketlist! I’ve been working on these two commissioned paintings for art collectors who have visited this canal over twenty times on vacation.

What places are meaningful to you that would be great for a painting?

 


Soon at Edward Montgomery Fine Art

                        – Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Later this week there will be a couple of my paintings at Edward Montgomery Fine Art.

If you know art lovers/collectors and friends near San Francisco, please send them in!

Golden Gate Shores by Brooke Harker   42″ x 74″ x 2.75″  medium: ink, oil and acrylic on canvas

Edward Montgomery Fine Art
Dolores St. 4 SW Ocean Avenue
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93923
831-622-9292


Next painting residency: Back to Chicago

After a recent trip to take photos in Chicago- I’m returning! I will be in residency with a family there for two weeks to paint two large commissions. Abstracts though! This will be a fun adventure applying the technique utilized in my city scenes to create in a new way. Abstract painting was one of my first loves as some of you who have been following me for awhile know:)

 

My father and I had a lot of photo stand offs in Chicago. Whenever I took a photo of him, he took a photo of me:)  He’s such a character.

 

I’m in the lower left…

It meant the world to me to take photos with my dad:)
photo credit: Shannon Maddy


Wishing you an appreciation of beauty in big or little ways:)

with gratitude for following my artistic journey, 

Brooke