Jobless labourer from Sunderland wins fans with his fine art First World War paintings

Father-of-two Thomas Conlon, of Sunderland, began painting only after fulfilling his mother’s dying wish that he that he get a university degree Thomas’s mother’s dying wish had been that he get a degree, and after becoming a mature student he graduated from Sunderland University three years ago with a 2:1 Degree in fine art, specialising in oil … (more)

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