PJ CROOK
British b. 1945
PJ Crook MBE RWA FRSA (born 1945)
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PJ lives and works in Gloucestershire and is an artist of international repute, having dealers in Paris, Canada and New York as well as London.
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PJ’s paintings combine a highly distinctive style with extraordinary technical mastery. Rather than painting from photographs or direct observation, PJ prefers to draw from a combination of remembered observation and imagination, resulting in an intuitive and resolved composition. Few contemporary artists are more accomplished at depicting perspective or depth of field, and the viewer has a sense of being invited into each painting, encouraged by the inclusion of the frame in the picture surface.
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Her work features in many major private and public collections including that of Imperial War Museum London; Ha’avatz, Israel; El Mundo, Madrid; La Ville de Paris; the Department for Transport, London; the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia; the President of Estonia; Conrad Black; Lord Bamford; the Marquess of Bath; Paul Allen; Jackie Collins; Peter Gabriel; Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox.
PJ has received numerous awards including an honorary doctorate of art in 2010 and MBE for services to art in 2011.
