Amelia Grace Brooks' piece that appears on the cover of the chapbook is titled "First Flight" and was created with india ink and graphite. Click here to view the cover art.
To see a few samples of artwork from Ms. Brooks' collections, scroll down. A short bio appears below the pieces. I hope you enjoy her work as much as I do.
"Little Lamb II", 2009, Silver gelatin print, 16 in x 20 in.
"Murmuration", 2012, Color pencil, watercolor and mixed media, 12 in. x 12 in.
"Flight", 2012, Color pencil, watercolor and mixed media, 12 in. x 12 in.
Born in the foothills of North Carolina on a small dwindling cotton farm, Amelia Grace Brooks was always surrounded by animals, and from a very early age grew to hold a deep love for them. In 2000, Brooks graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelors degree in Animal Science. After graduating, she spent many years studying fine woodworking and furniture design at Savannah College of Art and Design, and Penland School of Craft. In 2010, Brooks finished her Bachelors in Fine Art at Augusta State University. She now combines her woodworking skills and passion for animals in her sculptures and other mediums. Her prints and sculptures draw from her childhood of freedom roaming the farm and all the animals she encountered through a world of reality and make believe. Her work continues to evolve and strongly relate to life experiences and change. Her current work explores a migration through those changes and the delicate balance of our present tense.
Ms. Brooks' current collection, Murmurations, can be seen at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in the Creel-Harison Community Art Gallery from March 9 to May 25, 2012.
