As a self-taught artist, his process is driven by raw energy and emotion rather than rigid structure, which might be found with a formally trained artist. Brooks often goes months without touching a brush, only to return to the easel for a prolific burst of creativity defined by his own bold, primitive strokes. His aesthetic is informed by the light of the South of France favored by Camille Pissarro and the influence of the American artist Ed Gilliam.

Working with what is known as a Limited Primary Palette- only Red, Yellow, and Blue and white. He mixes every color from scratch and purchases nothing pre made often seeing blacks as blues and violets, greens as blacks, yellows as oranges, and reds as violets. These translations naturally align as complementary colors on the color wheel, creating a sophisticated harmony where orange skies, red rocks, and violet tree trunks all seem to work together—even when those specific hues are rarely found in nature.

His signature heavy, wet-on-wet impasto, is made using only one or two large brushes sizes 8 to 14. He rotates the brush to utilize its edges for detail, replacing the use smaller brushes.