Len Thurston, British, 1932 to 2011, oil painting on board depicting a scene with characters, a couple and a woman, an original illustration, Part 5, for the novel, The Blue Eyed Witch, by Barbara Cartland. Inscribed, LT 704, upper left. Inscribed, numbered, and probably dated 1979, on the backside. Circa: 1970s. Len Thurston was a British artist and noted illustrator for book covers and national magazines during the second half of the 20th century. His work appeared regularly in Woman and Womans Own, Womans Realm, TV Times and Radio Times.He had started illustrating under the pseudonym Harold Walter during the 1960s and had built up a strong client base of authors and publishers. In the 1970s, in his heyday, he was producing two large paintings a week, using oils and acrylic on board. He worked solidly on book jackets and magazine illustrations for the Readers Digest and Womans Weekly Library Series, as well as, on advertising posters turning his hand to stylised sixties imagery using bright, flat colours. The images he created evoked a time and a place; he captured the spirit of the stories eponymous heroine and the charm of a recent past. Vintage and Modern Movie Film and Series Illustration Scenes Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.