Charles Philip Brooks is widely known for his evocative Tonalist landscapes. His early
work continues a contemporary contemplative romantic tradition, firmly rooted in the American Barbizon mode, as established by such artists as George Inness, Alexander Wyant, Bruce Crane, John Francis Murphy, Dwight William Tryon, and North Carolina’s Elliott Daingerfield. He studied in New England in the studio of highly respected Boston School authority Paul Ingbretson and with the renowned American Barbizon painter Dennis Sheehan.