San Francisco · Since 1936

Barbara Rose
Brooker

Author. Artist. Activist.

Thirteen published books. Paintings held in private collections worldwide. Founder of the first global Age March, advocating age pride and human rights for all. A lifetime of work, none of the apology. Still here. Still making. Still unapologetically herself.

Barbara Rose Brooker
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Art for Every Space,
Every Budget

Every painting Barbara creates is available in eight formats, from instant digital downloads at $50 to museum-quality glass and metal prints delivered to 200 countries worldwide via Gelato's global print network. Browse six themed collections and find the piece that speaks to you.

Fulfilled globally by Gelato. No customs delays. Shipped locally to your door whether you are in San Francisco, London, Tokyo, or Sydney.

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200+ paintings and growing
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The Wedding Day by Barbara Rose Brooker
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Original Works

Own the Real Thing

Each painting is a one-of-one original: expressive, intimate, and impossible to replicate. These are not prints. This is the actual work, ready to live with you.

About Barbara

Art That Refuses to Be Quiet

Barbara Rose Brooker is a San Francisco-native artist, author, and activist for age pride and human rights for people of all ages, abilities, and sexual orientations. With a BFA in painting and an MA in English Literature and Creative Writing, she has spent decades exploring the emotional interior of human experience: on the page, on canvas, and on stage.

She produced the first global Age March in history, advocating age pride for all ages, genders, and races. Her work is proof that cultural relevance, and dignity, belong to anyone who keeps showing up.

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Barbara Rose Brooker
Still
Creating
San Francisco
Thirteen Books

The Library

From international bestsellers to poetry, memoir to fiction: a body of work that spans decades and defies category.

What They're Saying

Critical Praise

"A smart, witty, sometimes hilarious coming-of-age novel for and about the boomer generation. Realistic and funny, will appeal to women of all ages, while men should find it attractively controversial."
Kirkus Reviews on The Viagra Diaries
"At last a writer is writing the truth about ageism, Hollywood, creativity, and true love. Love it!"
Paula Abdul Dancer, Choreographer, Actor
"Barbara paints a funny as well as poignant picture of dating, romantic love, parenting an adult daughter, and sex after sixty. She tells the truth and this book vibrates with razor sharp wit!"
Joan Rivers
"Through the eyes of the wonderfully witty, wounded and wistfully romantic Anny Applebaum, we discover a world few authors have dared to enter. Brooker's prose is poetry. She doesn't write this story, she paints it."
Bradly Bessey Co-Executive Producer, Entertainment Tonight
"A most timely read in regard to how fast-track medication, relationships, and communication impact not only who we are and how we behave, but also how one manages to keep a healthy perspective."
Ed Asner Actor