Lewis Hier Thomas is an emerging artist based in southwest London. He has developed a distinctive style which is achieved by breaking down the composition of his pieces in to shapes and rigid forms before later adding fluidity and softness to his artworks, whilst employing an intentionally limited colour palette to his practice, most often based on earthy tones or greyscale designs.

Subjects

Lewis’ work focuses primarily on life drawing, exploring male beauty in all forms, frequently playing subtlety with perspective and proportions, and often introducing undertones of sensuality. He believes each person has innate beauty uniquely expressed through both their somatic expression and internal landscape  – if only the onlooker can observe each individual through a lens which enables this inner and external beauty to be fully portrayed. As an artist, he considers this to be his primary objective.

Media

Mostly working with dry media, Lewis’ preferred mediums include charcoal, conté crayon, pastel and graphite in earthy or greyscale tones. Occasionally, he also employs watercolour and Indian ink.

Recently using digital illustration techniques since 2024, Lewis’ artistic focus has extended to a broader reach, creating digital artwork which covers landscapes to portraits to animal depictions. He is excited to advance his work in this area and explore how opportunities could be created for his digital and physical artistic practices to converge.

Lewis also uses mixed media and collage to explore themes of emotional intensity and trauma, drawing on challenging personal experiences and externalising these through art. His ambition is not only to do this as a way of connecting with himself, but secondarily as a way to connect with others who have faced similar issues, and moreover to communicate the reality of processing trauma to a wider audience who may otherwise have difficulty connecting with such jarring personal experiences.​

Exhibitions

To date, 2025 exhibition locations have included:

• Ad Lib Gallery, Wimbledon, a modern and contemporary gallery which has exhibited or sold works by David Hockney, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and more.

• Boomer Gallery, London Bridge, whose team includes Anthony Fawcett, one of the most respected art critics and advisors in the industry.

• The Art of Isolation Gallery, Surrey Quays, a grass-roots community-centred art and exhibition space.​

Lewis is currently exhibiting at Ad Lib Gallery in Wimbledon, from 28th February to 16th March.

Lewis’ next exhibition will take place from 5th to 13th April at Kensington & Chelsea’s Holland Park Orangery.