“Avalon Days 1″ | 62″ x 75″ x 2.5” | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Posted on Jul 30, 2014

“Avalon Days 1″ | 62″ x 75″ x 2.5” | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

original painting by Brooke Harker

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“Avalon Days 2″ | 62″ x 75″ x 2.5” | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Posted on Jul 30, 2014

“Avalon Days 2″ | 62″ x 75″ x 2.5” | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

original painting by Brooke Harker. Artist’s Description: I took myself to Catalina to sketch for a couple of days early in my time in LA…I remember getting off the boat and sitting on the rocks looking towards the town. This was the closest I felt to traveling internationally upon arriving in California besides visiting Venice Beach, which definitely felt like another country. Over the years, many paintings came from the five sketches I made of Catalina in those days. The town of Avalon included two things I loved: colorful houses on a hillside and boats. I emptied more giant tubes of oil...

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Coastal Town | 18″ x 72″ x 2.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Posted on Nov 22, 2013

Coastal Town | 18″ x 72″ x 2.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

original painting by Brooke Harker, 2013

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Flight of the Pelican | 54″ x 36″ x 2.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Posted on Nov 22, 2013

Flight of the Pelican | 54″ x 36″ x 2.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

original painting by Brooke Harker, 2013 The inspiration of this painting comes from a woman who has been an angel in my life. Her guidance is a divine gift.  Several years before the creation of this painting I began watching and sketching pelicans because of her desire to have a pelican in a painting.  I highly recommend watching pelicans.

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Heather in Brooklyn | 90″ x 60″ x 3.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Posted on Dec 4, 2012

Heather in Brooklyn | 90″ x 60″ x 3.75″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Click on magnifying glass icon to see full painting. Available for purchase at Lu Martin Galleries Artist’s Description: Behind the thick textured pink coat and colorful scarf there is both a woman who embodies the spirit of what makes so many people fall in love with New York City and a person who has touched my life. I first saw Heather when I was in elementary school.  She came to speak with my sixth grade class about something, although I mainly remembered her dressed in all black with bright red lipstick. It used to be my super power then to remember what people wore the first time I...

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“Brooklyn at Dusk” | 54″ x 78″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

Posted on Dec 4, 2012

“Brooklyn at Dusk” | 54″ x 78″ | ink, oil & acrylic on canvas | by Brooke Harker | SOLD

original painting by Brooke Harker. I love taxi cabs…I went to New York to see taxis.

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