ABOUT THE ARTIST
Meet Brooke Johnson
Abstract Resin Artist • Dallas-Fort Worth, Tx
THE STORY
Most artists choose their medium.
Brooke Johnson's chose her.
After decades in graphic design, corporate life, and decorative finishing, she kept coming back to the same question: what happens when you stop trying to control a material and start collaborating with it? Resin answered that question- fluid, unpredictable, and endlessly complex, it demanded a level of skill and intuition that no other medium could. She was hooked.
Today, Brooke creates hand-sculpted abstract resin artwork that captures something most art can’t, the precise moment between movement and stillness.
"She breathes life into her creations, capturing the essence of movement and vitality - akin to flowing, water, frozen in time."
THE JOURNEY
A Path That Led
Back to Art
PHILADELPHIA
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Brooke graduated with honors, where her love for color, composition, and visual communication took root. Years of graphic design work followed across Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Virginia — sharpening her instinct for what makes something truly look right.
1992
Relocating to Dallas
She moved to Dallas and, after a twelve-year pivot into the corporate world, the pull of visual art became impossible to ignore. She returned to her creative roots and built a successful decorative finishing company.
THE TURN
Discovering Resin
Through years of collaborating with innovative interior designers across Dallas, Brooke discovered her fascination with resin. She began experimenting, then obsessing, then mastering — developing her own proprietary formulas and techniques along the way.
TODAY
Resin Impressions
Her signature three-dimensional line, Resin Impressions, pushes the boundaries of what the medium can do, sculpting resin by hand during its crystallization window to permanently capture organic movement, depth, and vitality.
THE WORK
A Process Unlike
Any Other
Brooke's pieces begin with her own proprietary formulas - carefully developed blends of pearlescent mica pigments, inks, paints, and resin that produce depth and luminosity you can't replicate with off-the-shelf materials.
What makes her process truly distinctive is timing. Resin has a narrow window between liquid and solid, and Brooke works directly in that window - sculpting and manipulating the resin by hand before it crystallizes. Each finished piece is then mounted on a transparent acrylic panel with hidden French cleats, floating slightly off the wall.
Proprietary Formula
Custom blends of pearlescent mica pigments, inks, paints, and resin - developed through years of experimentation and refined to Brooke's exact standards to achieve unmatched depth and luminosity.
Hand-Sculpting in the Crystallization Window
Working within resin's narrow liquid-to-solid window, Brooke sculpts each piece by hand before it solidifies - permanently capturing movement, texture, and vitality in three dimensions.
Acrylic Mounting
Each piece is mounted on museum-quality transparent acrylic with hidden French cleats, elevating it from the wall. As light shifts throughout the day, the artwork catches new highlights and casts subtle shadows - making it feel alive at every hour.
RECOGNITION
Awards & Recognition
Best Solo Exhibitor ArtExpo Dallas 2022
Artist to Watch The Other Art Fair 2021 2022 2023
2nd Place, Juried Exhibition Texas Visual Arts Association
Plano Art Association Member & Exhibitor
Texas Visual Arts Association Member & Exhibitor
Visual Arts Guild of Frico Member & Exhibitor
COMMUNITY
Giving Back
Dallas Decorators Showhouse
Benefiting Alzheimer's Research
Dallas Children's Charities
Supporting children across the DFW area
Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County
Protecting and supporting children in need
Yellow Rose
Benefiting MS Research
A NOTE FROM BROOKE
Believe it or not, this started out as a hobby. Once resin got into my hands, I couldn't put it down and honestly, I still can't.
As a graphic designer by trade, everything in my world has to line up. A pattern, a grid, a reason for every choice. Perfection is the baseline. Then resin came along and threw all of that out the window and I loved it.
Every piece still starts with a plan, and then it evolves. The temperature, the humidity, the way I move through it, everything changes the outcome. I am completely outside my box, and honestly? That's exactly where I want to be.
No two pieces are ever the same. For a perfectionist, that used to sound terrifying. Now it's the whole point.
If you're thinking about a commission, please reach out. I love getting to know the spaces and the people who connect with my work. Conversation is truly my favorite part of the process.
- Brooke