When K. Gavin Brooks, who recently relocated to California, sits down to paint, she reorganizes scenery to omit elements that don’t serve the emotion she wants to capture and convey. True art, she’ll tell you, is in the editing. And in her estimation, less is more.

K. Gavin Brooks (Maryland)

Eucalyptus Dusk
Oil
12˝ by 16˝
“Eucalyptus was painted in Laguna at Moss Point where some old growth trees still stand. I eliminated some infrastructure and tried to keep the painting in keeping with old Laguna and focused on just the relationship between the light and the trees at dusk.”

K. Gavin Brooks (Maryland)

Western Run Thaw
Oil
30˝ by 40˝
“This is an older work, but one of my favorites. It was a warm March day on a stream near my house in Maryland. The light was warm on distant trees, and I liked the contrast of cool colors in the foreground water and melting ice.”