Signed and dated l.r.: Norman Neasom/58

Watercolour and gouache, 36 by 54 cm (14 ¼ by 21 ¼ ins)

The Worcestershire painter Norman Neasom was a prominent figure in the Birmingham Art scene in the mid twentieth century. As well as being a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists there, he was also a leading light in the Royal Watercolour Society. Watercolour was his preferred medium and he developed a lyrical illustrative style which contains elements of surrealism as well as the modern Romanticism of artists like John Nash, Eric Ravilious and Felix Kelly.