Born:

Manchester, England 4 February 1939 - nee Golding

Married 1963-2007 to:

The late Alex Thomson BSC (1929-2007) Cinematographer

Studied Art at:

Kingston Polytechnic Sculpture Department, Kington-Upon-Thames, Surrey, England from 1976-1979 with Charles Lewis ARCA FRBS

Assessor: Dame Elisabeth Frink CH DBE CBE RA FRSS

Reference Books:

Who's Who in Art
The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945
Dictionary of International Biography
The Cambridge Blue Book 2005/2006 (First Edition)
British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century (Routledge 2018)

Publications:

A Story for the Children of Today (published by SilverWood Books Ltd. Feb. 2019) by Diana Thomson. Written and illustrated with 17 original watercolour paintings by the author.

Plaster for bronze, height 21cm, width 7cm, depth 8cm

Two central bronze plaques, height 59cm. width 45cm. Two of six panels for THE GATES OF HOPE.

Drawing, height 30cm, width 28 cm. pencil, with terracotta and grey clay wash on paper

Two of six panels for THE GATES OF HOPE. Plaster for bronze height 60cm, width 46cm.

OCTOBER 2021

THINKING BIG

Small bronze sculpture Height 6cm, Depth 3cm, Width 1.5cm created from 10 grams of wax.

Shown in the Royal Society of Sculptors 10g Challenge Exhibition at Dora House, July to September 2021.

Original concept by Alex Davies MRSS.

Exhibits cast by Milwyn Castings Ltd.

OCTOBER 2020

OWL (1978) Unique Wood Block Print Ink on Paper sheet size: height 50.8cm width 46.8cm

In the Collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

FEBRUARY 2019

"A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN OF TODAY" WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY DIANA THOMSON

JUNE 2020

RELIEF SCULPTURE PLAQUES BASED ON SCENES FROM "A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN OF TODAY"

BOY AND DOG DIVING      painted plaster plaque  47cm wide x 63cm deep

THE WIND OF TIMES PAST      painted plaster plaque  66cm wide x 50cm deep

THE GARDEN OF THE THREE GODDESSES      painted plaster plaque  62cm wide x 47cm deep

Sited at:

Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (on the Colonnade with other busts of local

poets including, Byron and Henry Kirke-White).

Sited at:

The Old House, Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex

The Old House, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire

Panavision U.K. Ltd., Greenford, Middlesex

Sited at:

The British Society of Cinematographers Clubhouse, North Lodge,

Pinewood Film Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire

Sited at:

Campus, Nottingham University, Nottingham

Extra photo:

Close-up image on Pinterest

Sited at:

Memorial Gardens, Thames Street, Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex

Sited at:

EMC2 (formerly Data General Tower), Brentford, Middlesex

Sited at:

The Lodge, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex