Brooks Brown

Brooks Brown attended the Academy of Art Institute in San Francisco, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. She then returned to the Virgin Islands, where she worked in the family-owned business for over 45 years. In time, she was able to step back from the daily operation of the business, and she eventually retired completely to pursue a second career in art. Ms. Brown moved to Aiken in 2018 to enjoy the “three trifecta blessings” that drew her to the area. The first was the Aiken Center for the Arts, where artists and members could display their works. The second was the Aiken Training Track; she says, “Aiken had me at Cot Campbell’s Clocker Stand.” The final blessing was a perfect house available for immediate purchase.

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Brooks Brown | Photo Of The Month

A note from Brooks Brown: My goal in retiring here was to spend my full time dedicated to creating art in and around Aiken, to be with horses either with the Great Oak Theraputic Riding Center or on the sides of the road, and to put my artographs in the Aiken Center for the Arts exhibits. I like being surrounded by horses, equestrian eventing, and polo riders that afford me the opportunity to use my iPhone to capture their beauty wherever I see them. I love being in the moment where it’s me, my iPhone in hand, with a horse, or nature, gardens or flowers or rolling hills on country