Brooke Howell began working as a professional artist in 1998, when she realized that people would pay her to draw them funny. It was a departure from the realistic portraits she’d done before, but as she studied caricature, it began to shape her aesthetic.

While drawing the good, bad and ugly faces at theme parks all over the country during summer months, Brooke spent the Winter months at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design essentially doing the same thing in paint, on the computer, and in sculpture. Luckily this type of behavior was encouraged among the illustration students, and she graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2002.

Brooke prides herself on her ability to capture a subject’s true essence, whether they are real or fictitous. She continues to draw live at private events; and as a guest artist on cruise ships and in world destination parks.

She also works in her studio at 910 Arts creating commissioned caricature drawings and sculptures. Her custom wedding cake toppers (in the likeness of the couple)  are in making waves in the wedding industry.

Always exploring new mediums, Brooke creates sculpture in clay, bronze, and is very excited about recent work in cast paper and resin. Though the materials vary, the quality and unique style achieved using the principles of illustration, exaggeration, and surrealism remains consistent; there is no plan to change-only to grow. 

To see more of Brooke's work, please visit www.brookehowell.com