[1] Brooks was articled to sculptor Millard F. Malin, whom he assisted in designing the Mormon Battalion on the Utah State Capitol and the Sugar House Monument in Salt Lake City.
[1] Brooks designed busts as well as baptismal fonts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bern, London, and New Zealand.
[2] He was also a painter, and like many artists he painted scenes in Dixie, southwestern Utah.
[3] One of his paintings depicting Native Americans dancing was acquired by the Springville Museum of Art.
[3] Brooks died on December 1, 1970, in Salt Lake City, and his funeral was held at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.