Biography
Pamela June Crook was born in 1945 in Cheltenham, where she still lives. Known professionally as P J Crook, she specialises in painting and sculpture. Her shows have appeared in London, France, the United States, Japan, Canada, and Estonia.
She is represented by the Panter & Hall gallery on Pall Mall in London and Galerie Alain Blondel in Paris.
From a studio opposite her house, she manages compositions on a monumental scale — paintings can measure 2 × 4.5 metres and also paints small pictures, some no larger than 10 cm square. She works in tinted gesso, acrylic and sometimes in oil on canvas, or on a corrugated wood support. She often paints crowds, either in motion in urban environments or standing still reading newspapers.
In 2011 she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to art.