George Van Hook painting on the canal
George Van Hook is a landscape painter en plein air, he paints from dawn til dusk using each interval of changing light to work a painting over the course of several days. His painting of figures is usually done in the studio or out of doors. His style has been described as the lavish pigment he uses to celebrate life's quiet and pleasurable moments that recall the nineteenth century opulence of similar scenes by William Merritt Chase, depicting people at ease in rooms indoors or outdoor.
Van Hook received a BA in Art at Humboldt State University, Arcata California and has painted in France and Italy. The recipient of many awards, his paintings are in numerous corporate, public and private collections throughout the united States and abroad.
