Anelecia currently lives and paints by the sea in North Carolina and in the grey light of the Pacific Northwest, alongside her husband, artist Charles Philip Brooks. Born in Kent, Washington July 12, 1985. (http://www.anelecia.com/about) The delightfully reflective paintings of Anelecia Hannah Brooks give voice to the artist's complex, unique identity. Whatever the subject depicted, Anelecia Hannah Brooks's paintings serve as an extended self-portrait, manifesting the many aspects that constitute her identity: painter, woman, wife, sister, Native American, Christian -- and all these at once. Brooks's artwork reveals and reflects on various parts of her identity with a refreshing openness and clarity. Yet for Brooks, it is the act of looking, rather than depicting, and questions, rather than statements, that serve as the foundation for her art. Brooks's curiosity and keen habits of observation mean that quite literally anything might inspire a painting, and the meaning of the works derives more from their process than their subject. "Oil painting is a ritual act for me, not a method or style to achieve a result or message," says Brooks. "When I was young, I thought I was an artist because there were things I needed to say. It turns out I have a great deal more question marks than exclamation points." Born in Kent, Washington, Brooks trained at Seattle Pacific University, from which she received her B.A. in 2005. She also studied at the Florence Academy of Art, obtaining a one-year Intensive Drawing Certificate, and from 2006-2009, she continued her education in private study with artist Bo Bartlett. Despite the valuable lessons and techniques she learned in her academic training, Brooks names a source closer to home as her foremost influence. "My husband, Charles Philip Brooks, is a constant, resonant inspiration to me," says Brooks. "He paints open sea and skyscapes... (http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Anelecia-Hannah-Brooks-More-Than-Realism/19927243) undefined

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