Don Crook: Painting the West
On January 9, 2014, the Larson Gallery at Yakima Valley Community College opend Don Crook: Painting the West. This exhibition included numerous paintings and prints, including seven paintings from the Lloyd Wiehl Collection detailing the History of the Hanford Reach. Selections of Crook’s work that has appeared on the covers of audiobooks and magazines will also be on display. Visitors to the exhibit will also be able to view a work in the permanent collection of the Larson Gallery Guild, In Sight of the Pacific. Don Crook: Painting the West was on exhibit at the Larson Gallery through February 22, 2014.
Known as the “Norman Rockwell of Western Art”, Crook’s work covers historical subjects such as Lewis and Clark, cowboys, and wildlife of the Old West. His paintings have appeared in magazines including National Geographic and Thoroughbred Breeders Association Magazineand on book covers and in galleries throughout the west. His work has won over 40 Best of Show awards in western art shows.
