Kim­ber­ly Brooks, Edi­tor, Illus­tra­tor, is an Amer­i­can artist who exhibits her work in muse­ums and gal­leries inter­na­tion­al­ly. Brooks is the author/​illustrator of the best-sell­ing The New Oil Paint­ing (Chron­i­cle Books). Brooks is also the moth­er of two chil­dren who were in col­lege at the time of the book’s con­cep­tion in 2021.