Clarity of Thought by Brooke Lewis

Clarity of Thought
Brooke Lewis
Oil on canvas
22"h x 18"w - framed
2025

Clouds capture my attention like no other natural wonder. Their vast variety of form, ever-changing. As an addition to the "Past Lives" series of paintings, this piece explores the interdimensionally of land, sky, and seascapes. The Earth beneath our feet tells an expansive geological story; past lives of ocean where forests now rest, lush jungle that was once arid desert. An imaginative cloudscape intersecting a piece of our reality tells a more playful story of what once was or could one day be. 

Get to Know the Austin Artist:
Brooke Lewis’s work is an amalgamation of observations from the natural world, coupled with reoccurring thoughts, emotions, and interests that converge into oil on canvas. 

She approaches each new painting with curiosity, working broad impressionistic brushstrokes into smooth, refined images that flirt with realism and nod toward surrealism.
 
With a current special interest in clouds and water, she entertains different portrayals of these features in her work, with a common theme of environmental portals, and the color blue. Her work is often accompanied by custom wood frames, handmade by her dad, Jim Lewis. 

Outside of her oil painting practice, she works as a chemical formulator, practices Brazilian jiu jitsu, and cares for a small zoo of animals at home, just outside of Austin.