Choosing Art and Happiness with Artist Kelsey Brookes

Join San Diego artist Kelsey Brookes on his quest to live life to the fullest! Discover why Kelsey chose a path of art making and fun instead of a safe and secure science career. Watch as Kelsey Brookes embraces his love for art and inspiration. Make sure to subscribe to the channel for weekly inspiration.

Kelsey Brookes spent his early years working as a molecular biologist and soon exchanged his lab coat for a full-time creative adventure in the arts.

In 2009, I visited Kelsey Brookes at his then-home studio to preview a collection of paintings he worked on, which would become “Bigger, Brighter, Bolder,” exhibited in November of 2009.

This collection of images presents Kelsey’s signature narrative style prior to transforming his visual language into molecular forms. (Kelsey Brookes Art Film Preview runtime 2:00).

I would describe my studio visit, " Kelsey constructs his imaginative world with a varied collection of vivid brushstrokes. His signature mark-making is meticulously arranged into abstraction, revealing anamorphic forms, typographic greetings, and piled-up pigment.”

Kelsey Brookes actively exhibits his work in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, London, and Berlin. He is featured in the permanent collections of the MCASD, the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation.

Kelsey was featured in “Survey Select” and several curated art exhibits by yours truly.

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This short film preview is a singular segment celebrated in a much more complete film featuring artist Kelsey Brookes.

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