Adrian Landon Brooks 'Midsummer Garden' Print Available

Artist: Adrian Landon Brooks
Title: Midsummer Garden
Medium: 17 Layer Serigraph Print
Size: 21 x 23.5 Inches
Edition: 60
Price: $250

 

Adrian Landon Brooks is a Texas based artist whose work explores the intersection of folk art, religious iconography, and surrealism. Born in Houston and later operating out of a studio in Bastrop, he has developed a distinct visual language characterized by meticulous craftsmanship and a sense of timelessness. His practice spans multiple mediums, including painting, illustration, and large-scale murals, often utilizing reclaimed wood and found materials as his primary substrates. These weathered surfaces provide a natural texture that complements his interest in the past and the enduring power of myth.

The themes in his art frequently center on the human condition, spirituality, and the universal search for meaning. He creates stylized figures and symbolic motifs that evoke a sense of ritual and devotion without adhering to any specific religious tradition. By using a limited color palette and bold, graphic lines, he produces imagery that feels both ancient and modern. His portraits often feature stoic expressions and enigmatic gazes, inviting viewers to engage in quiet contemplation.

Beyond his studio practice, he is recognized for his public installations that transform urban environments into spaces of reflection. Whether working on a small scrap of cedar or a massive brick wall, he maintains a consistent focus on balance and harmony. His ability to blend traditional techniques with contemporary sensibilities has earned him a prominent place in the modern folk art movement. Through his work, he continues to examine the connection between the physical and the transcendental, leaving a lasting impression on the landscape of American art.

Adrian Landon Brooks 'Works On Paper' Prints Available

Artist: Adrian Landon Brooks
Title: Works On Paper
Medium: Deckled Serigraphs
Size: 11 x 14 Inches Each
Edition: 40
Prices: $100 Each or $200/Set

Adrian Landon Brooks is an American artist born in Houston Texas in 1983 who now lives and works in the woods outside Austin. He studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and has developed a distinctive desert folk aesthetic that merges spiritual symbolism with roughhewn materials. Brooks combs burn piles at sawmills junk shops and antique stores searching for weathered wood corroded metal and faded photographs whose patina he refuses to strip. Once an object speaks to him he answers with acrylic ink pastel and pencil applying serene faces celestial bodies blooming flowers and geometric altars that hover between ancient icon and contemporary dream.

A consistent pastel palette of peach mint and lilac softens the melancholy themes of love loss and redemption that run through his work creating a gentle dissonance that soothes while it unsettles. The artist credits his early days writing graffiti with teaching him color composition and urgency lessons that still guide his bold concise imagery. Recent murals include commissions for the San Antonio Spurs and large scale walls across Texas while gallery exhibitions like Siren Song reveal a more deliberate dialogue with Egyptian and pan Mediterranean forms. Whether painting on a shard of barn wood or a full city wall Brooks hopes viewers leave with wonder detached from the here and now feeling the ritual pulse that connects handmade mark to timeless story.