Anita with Male Presence. 1957
 

Beethoven Abstract. 1957
 

Cat, Violin and Sylvia Plath Book. c. 2003
 

Fitou Still Life. 1997
 

Frieze 2. 1999
 

Gemlik, Sea of Marmara, Turkey. 1964
 

Happen Horse Extinct. 2009
 

Homage to Goya's 'The Third of May 1808'. c. 2003
 

Kitchen Table. 1983
 

Lent. 1957
 

Little Sun. 1999
 

Metropolis. 1999
 

Oedipus and Jocasta. 1963
 

Space. 1990s
 

Untitled abstract. 2003 (reworked 2011)
 

Untitled abstract. 1998
 

Biography

Born in Wales, Lewis studied at Cambridge in the late 1950s following a period of National Service. After the death of his father in 1959 he was encouraged by a maternal relative, Myfanwy Piper, to pursue his preferred option of art. He entered the Slade School of Fine Art in 1960 through the intervention of Myfanwy’s husband, John Piper, who showed Lewis’s promising work to the Slade’s principal, William Coldstream. Encouraged by fellow Welshman Ceri Richards, Lewis evolved a ‘kitchen sink’ feel for the simple poetry of humble surroundings.

In the late 1960s Lewis left London for his native Wales, teacher training and the security of a teaching job in the Rhondda. A rustic naturalism and gentle expressionism entered his work in response to the new environment. On retirement in 1996, Lewis moved to Bath where he continued to work and exhibit in mixed shows.