Dawn, 2014

The Works of Bryson Brooks

Bryson Brooks is an internationally renowned artist and native of North Texas who is currently living and working in San Antonio. After completing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Texas at Austin, he moved to Mexico City, creating collaborative and individual works of art in the media of painting and performing arts.  

The Dawn and Dusk landscapes depict the actual site of the A&M-SA campus. His paintings were gifted to the university by an art patron in honor of Dr. Maria Hernandez Ferrier’s inauguration as president of Texas A&M University-San Antonio, September 2010.

Bryson Brooks (American, 1975)
Dawn, 2014
Signed and inscribed on verso with date, title, “West” & “S.A.TX”
Oil on wood panel with silver leaf
4 x 7 feet

The artist takes the viewer to a dreamlike landscape both surreal and less representational with free use of smudged effects and metallic applications.