AL HOOKS · CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN ART

A Kaleidoscope
of History.

Familiar places pushed past photography—color, rhythm and memory reshaped into unmistakable contemporary works.

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Personal gallery

Not a record of what the coast looked like.
A record of what it felt like.

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Mississippi Gulf Coast

37 works
Biloxi Church of the RedeemerBiloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi Church of the RedeemerBiloxi, Mississippi
Sea Gull MotelBiloxi, Mississippi
Sun Tan Motel Defying the Beau RivageBiloxi, Mississippi
Old Hwy 90Mississippi Gulf Coast
GreyhoundBiloxi, Mississippi
Coast at SunsetMississippi Gulf Coast
Fishing CampThe Back Bay
The Camp at DelacroixDelacroix, Louisiana
Just a PelicanMississippi Sound
Biloxi City HallBiloxi, Mississippi
Old Amusement ParkThe Gulf Coast
Pier, Pass ChristianPass Christian, Mississippi
Lone Pines at SunsetMississippi Gulf Coast
Martha Mabey GalleryBiloxi, Mississippi
Snake BayouWorking Coast
PierMississippi Gulf Coast
Amusement ParkMississippi Gulf Coast
Blind TigerBay St. Louis, Mississippi
Cast NetMississippi Gulf Coast
Sails at Biloxi HarborBiloxi, Mississippi
Blessing of the FleetBiloxi, Mississippi
CarouselMississippi Gulf Coast
Private PierMississippi Gulf Coast
Coast OystersMississippi Gulf Coast
Government Street GroceryOcean Springs, Mississippi
Ocean SpringsOcean Springs, Mississippi
Bay St. LouisBay St. Louis, Mississippi
Tivoli WindowBiloxi, Mississippi
Mary O’KeefeBiloxi, Mississippi
DocksideMississippi Gulf Coast
Cabana MotelBiloxi, Mississippi
Fishbone AlleyGulfport, Mississippi
Blue CrabsMississippi Gulf Coast
Bayou CampMississippi Gulf Coast
Old Hwy 90Mississippi Gulf Coast
Train Depot, Bay St. LouisBay St. Louis, Mississippi
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas

10 works
Green FlowersEureka Springs, Arkansas
Old HomesteadEureka Springs, Arkansas
Palace HotelEureka Springs, Arkansas
Height LimitEureka Springs, Arkansas
Spring StreetEureka Springs, Arkansas
Maggee’s ClockEureka Springs, Arkansas
Christ of the OzarksEureka Springs, Arkansas
Crescent HotelEureka Springs, Arkansas
Downtown Eureka SpringsEureka Springs, Arkansas
Susie Q Malt ShopEureka Springs, Arkansas
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New Orleans

2 works
The CabildoNew Orleans
Pirates AlleyNew Orleans
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Miscellaneous

15 works
Wild Ride at the Opera HouseWoodstock, Illinois
Flowers in a VaseStill Life
Painted FaceFigurative Study
Flying FishNeon Americana
Covington TrailheadCovington, Louisiana
Blue SiloRural South
Beale StreetMemphis, Tennessee
Desert SunsetAmerican Southwest
Blue CowRural South
Cotton GinThe Mississippi Delta
Mobile’s FinestMobile, Alabama
The Red ShirtCharacter Study
Black-Eyed SusansBotanical Study
Savoye GalleryStreet Study
Red BloomFloral Study

TRANSFORMATIONS & INTERPRETATIONS

“Anyone can eventually take a good picture. The transformation is where the art begins.”

Al Hooks begins with places he knows: working harbors, weathered piers, old highways and the architecture of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

Then comes the transformation—an instinctive shift in color, contrast and atmosphere that moves the image away from documentation and into memory. Before Katrina, Al also created commissioned portraits of Coast homes. The houses—and those original works—are now gone, but their spirit remains part of this work.