Brooks prices her profile work at the threshold where scale stops being decorative. The 40×30 canvas sits at $395 unframed, which is where you decide if a Naomi Brooks is furniture or commitment.
The hair blooms with energetic colors
The braids pull east and dissolve into loose brushed yellows and oranges that read as wind made visible. That eruption is what you are paying for – the rest of the piece holds still so the color can move. The Staten Island ferry sits flat behind her, doing its job as New York without asking for attention. Brooks withholds the face every time, which means the buyer is not getting a portrait. They are getting a colour event that happens to involve a person.
The poster is $49
At 18×24 on matte paper, this reads as wall art. The brushwork is still visible but the scale change makes it polite. If you want to see what Brooks does with a profile before you commit wall space, start there. Free shipping in the continental US.
Buy at the canvas size or wait
The 40×30 does what Brooks needs it to do – the colour blooms at a scale that justifies hanging it opposite a sofa. Below that, you are buying a postcard of the idea. Above that size does not exist yet. If you have the wall and the $395, buy the canvas. If you are not sure, buy the poster and decide later. If you want her to go bigger, wait – she is three pieces into a run and scale is the next move.
See Wind Pulling Everything East →
Gallery-wrapped canvas, in 3 sizes — 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in. Ships free within the continental US.
