Native American women of the 1870s–1910s, painted from historical photographs in oil, 22-karat gold, and silver leaf — each portrait returning a face to the light, each page telling her story.
Now showing at West Lives On Gallery, Jackson Hole · Painted in awareness of the missing & murdered Indigenous women crisis — NIWRC.org
“My goal is to capture their personality and beauty — and to bring their spirit alive.” — Victoria Brooks
Victoria at the easel — Loomis, California
The Artist
American impressionist · thirty-five years at the easel
Art lovers across the country know Victoria for sun-drenched California canvases — intimate figures, coastlines, and gardens painted in a vibrant impressionist style. A former art director in television and film, she looks to Sargent, Sorolla, and Zorn as her masters, and counts numerous Best of Show awards among her honors, most recently at the national Magnum Opus exhibition.
The Gilded Portraits turn that lifetime of portrait craft toward history — and they are painted with the same devotion to light she chases en plein air from Lake Tahoe to Provence.
The Portfolio
Recent Recognition
February 2026
After receiving Best of Show at Magnum Opus 2025, Victoria returned to the Sacramento Fine Arts Center — where she taught weekly oil painting for fifteen years — with a month-long solo exhibition.
January 2026
Victoria's series of historical Native American women is now available at West Lives On Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming — one of the West's premier destinations for western and wildlife art.
April 2025
Two of Victoria's paintings were juried into Magnum Opus, the national exhibition at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center — and “Beach Stretch” took the top award of the show.
Represented By
West Lives On Gallery
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
High Hand Art Gallery
Loomis, California
Patris Studio & Gallery
Sacramento, California
Blue Water Fine Art Gallery
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Collectors, galleries, and commissions — Victoria would love to hear from you.
