GEORGE VAN
HOOK
 Fly Fishing Under Covered Bridge30x24 |
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 Out For a Walk20x24 |
GEORGE VAN HOOK was born and raised in Abington, Pennsylvania, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. He began painting very early and was able to participate in the vibrant artistic culture of the region. His family owned a farm in Bucks County, home of the Pennsylvania impressionists, and he became heavily influenced by their fine academic training coupled with a love of the prosaic landscape.
b. 20th Century
Van Hook thinks of his paintings as primarily a visual response to the
selected environment, be it landscape, figure or still life. “I want the color
to be beautiful and the drawing firm and secure”, he says. he paintings
are a marriage of external and internal forces – what emerges on the canvas should be a reflection of both the beauty of the world and the artist’s most inner response.