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Born 1948 Kansas City, Missouri. Known for: Southwest landscape painting, illustration.
The following, submitted August 2004, is from the artist. The American landscape is William Hook's inspiration. Large skies, low horizons, distant mountains and textured foregrounds are expressed in... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2004, is from the artist. The American landscape is William Hook's inspiration. Large skies, low horizons, distant mountains and textured foregrounds are expressed in his paintings with broad brushstrokes of vivid color. The magazines Southwest Art, Art of the West,... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2004, is from the artist. The American landscape is William Hook's inspiration. Large skies, low horizons, distant mountains and textured foregrounds are expressed in his paintings with broad brushstrokes of vivid color. The magazines Southwest Art, Art of the West, U.S. Art, American Artist, and Focus Santa Fe have featured Hook's work in cover articles, and the book, Leading the West by Donald Hagerty, references William Hook as one of the notable influences on... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2004, is from the artist. The American landscape is William Hook's inspiration. Large skies, low horizons, distant mountains and textured foregrounds are expressed in his paintings with broad brushstrokes of vivid color. The magazines Southwest Art, Art of the West, U.S. Art, American Artist, and Focus Santa Fe have featured Hook's work in cover articles, and the book, Leading the West by Donald Hagerty, references William Hook as one of the notable influences on the western art scene. In addition, publishers Harper-Collins and North Light have included his work in numerous books written about the contemporary art process in Europe and America. William Hook's background in art began at home. It was through... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2004, is from the artist. The American landscape is William Hook's inspiration. Large skies, low horizons, distant mountains and textured foregrounds are expressed in his paintings with broad brushstrokes of vivid color. The magazines Southwest Art, Art of the West, U.S. Art, American Artist, and Focus Santa Fe have featured Hook's work in cover articles, and the book, Leading the West by Donald Hagerty, references William Hook as one of the notable influences on the western art scene. In addition, publishers Harper-Collins and North Light have included his work in numerous books written about the contemporary art process in Europe and America. William Hook's background in art began at home. It was through the influence of his father and grandmother, a professional photographer and architect respe... Read full biography
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About William Hook: Keywords
Keywords (38)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Yosemite National Park
Art Association
- •Artists of America
- •California Art Club-
- •National Acrylic Painters Society
Art School
- •Art Center College, School of Design, Pasadena, Student
- •Kansas City Art Institute, Student
- •Scottsdale Artists School, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 21st Century
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Acrylic Paint Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •Arts for the Parks
- •California Art Club
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Coors Western Art Show, Denver
- •Mountain Oyster Western Art Show, Tucson