George Van Hook was born and raised in Abington, Pennsylvania. He began painting very early and was able to participate in the vibrant artistic culture of the region.
The 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.
Van Hook thinks of his paintings as a visual response to the selected environment, be in landscape, figure, or still life.
