Brooke Lanier describes her artistic process, inspiration, and the evolution of her artwork. Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA September...

Brooke draws inspiration from Japanese and Chinese landscape paintings to inform the theoretical section of the exhibition.

Because there is nothing there, it both calls attention to itself and makes the things that are there more important.

Lanier turned her lifetime of visits to optometrist into art which won second place and $6,000 in a national competition via VSA arts.

We were lucky to talk to Brooke Lanier, an up-and-coming visual artist in Philadelphia, about what separates her from other painters...