Catherine Brooks

My paintings are part of a story, a science fiction diary, rich in allegorical symbolism. I am fascinated by the legends and tales that have been passed down through the rise and fall of empires and how they are weathered by oral tradition and cultural change. I work with my own personal mythology to reflect ideas on love, memory, and the inexplicable human talent for anthropomorphizing the cycles of life and all its manifestations.The amazing automatic nature of painting leaves be often uncertain whether i am telling these tales or just listening. They are usually not self portraits, but instead physical manifestation of the lives within me.

I am also in love with painting people and currently accepting portrait commissions.