William Hook

The American landscape is William Hook’s primary subject. Large skies, low horizons, distant mountains and ocean scenery are expressed in his paintings with broad brushstrokes of vivid color. His work is distinctive and stands out from the crowd of today’s genre of painters. The magazines Southwest Art, Art of the West, U.S. Art, American Artist, and SkyWest have featured Hook’s work in cover articles that recognize his importance as a leading landscape painter.

The book, Leading the West by Donald Hagerty, features 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.

After having attended classes at the Kansas Art Institute, Hook left his hometown of Kansas City to continue his study of fine art at the University of New Mexico (BFA ’70). Hook went on to complete his formal education at the Universita Per Straniere (Perugia, Italy 69’) and the Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles, CA 71’ -72’).

Hook’s work is included in many distinctive private and corporate collections including the Denver Art Museum, the Tucson Art Museum, the University of New Mexico Art Museum, the Forbes Museum, NYC, and the Genesee Museum, of Sporting, NY. He is represented by Portnoy Galleries; Carmel, CA; Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and at www.williamhook.net