by Leah Lehmbeck
....In the end, Brooks addresses the myriad ways that women are in society today. She provides a thoughtful re-assessment of "Can we have it all?," reframing it to the more apposite "Do we have it all, yet?" One of the last pieces to be created for the series is a picture of five little girls, of which the artist is one, entitled Filmmaker, Lawyer, Artist, Business Owner, Doctor. In it, Brooks describes what these girls went on to become, marking the journey that their mothers' generation began.... Throughout her explorations of reality and representation, Brooks remains equally interested in the freedoms that the modern era has unequivocally afforded. In this new body of work, Brooks has answered the question that her paintings, at least, can have it all.
