Gordon Stephen Crook (11 October 1921 – 26 August 2011) was a visual artist working across the fields of ceramics, textiles, printmaking, painting and drawing.

[6] After completing his training Crook lived in London for 22 years, working as a freelance designer and teaching at the Central School and the Royal College of Art.

My object is to end up with something that I haven't seen before, to get an image which I could not have imagined[6]In 1972, aged 51, Crook decided to emigrate to New Zealand and settled in Wellington, where he spent the rest of his life.

[6] The banners were made by Nancye Smeaton, manager of the then-New Zealand Ballet and Opera Trust production unit.

Writing in 1980 critic Neil Rowe observed: When assessing a talent as multi-faceted as Crook's it is difficult to single out one aspect for consideration above the others.

[12]Crook received significant support from Jim Barr and James Mack, two early directors of The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt, who collected and exhibited his work.