The Mill House, Autumn Black & White ‘Lost’ was not merely a

‘Lost’ was not merely a wistful nostalgia but a fact

This delightful little portrait is a typical work by Thomas

emulating the blur of a moving camera or a still of news footage

alongside an illustrated volume

suggesting it might have been painted at the same time

The Mill House, Autumn Black & White ‘Lost’ was not merely aOne of those unsung heroes of twentieth century British art that Im always on my soap box about. A successful painter and educator, his work sits comfortably in the tradition of British neo romantic painting, celebrating the optimism and rediscovery of England and Englishness that accompanied the new Elizabethan era of the 1950s.