Bonnie Brooks was introduced to the arts and their importance at a very young age, by her mother. Every weekend she would take her to the New York Art Institute and other museums nearby. At the age of eight she was chosen out of many students from many schools to attend Buffalo State University in New York. Bonnie was not only in the visual arts, but also danced and acted in theater. She currently plays the flute and oboe under the direction of composer, Brian Warring.

Bonnie Brooks did her undergraduate work at Western Michigan University, studying watercolors and drawing with Harold Hefner, of Spain. She also received her BA in textile design and art education. The artist completed her Masters at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan where she studied watercolors, art therapy and pottery. Pottery is one of the things that brought her to North Carolina to write a thesis on North Carolina pottery.

Bonnie has been teaching art for twenty one years and her paintings have been in many juried art exhibits around the country. Her studies of art are not exclusive to school, but she has traveled around the world to such places as Spain, England, France, Austria, Germany, Hungary and Czech. Bonnie was Vice President of the Visual Art Exchange, a member of the North Carolina Art Educators Association, the Michigan Watercolor Society, helps do fund raising for the United Arts, and has received the Raleigh Metal of Arts.