Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary American Artist and author of The New Oil Painting by Chronicle Books. A prolific painter, known for her portraits and landscape series, Kimberly explores identity and memory in her work. As an Artist, Hacks take the form of developing your own creative process that works for you. Tapping into her own creativity is a process that she describes as starting with a Vision, having Hope, finally Diving In, and then is followed by a combination of emotions; Excitement, Doubt, Clarity, and Obsession, on the heels of which follows, Discipline, Faith and Resolution.