EXTRACTS: Illustrators Issue 6 © 2013 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

14 TOP: UK TV in the early 1970s was awash with costume drama, and Wyles’ love of painting historical subject matter found a ready market amongst commissioning editors. ABOVE: The artist posing in costume; a reference photo for one of his commissions. RIGHT: Wyles’ story-telling at its best, as a “toff” in an expensive car strays into a seamier part of 1920’s Newcastle. His wife Margaret modelled for the foreground figure, and with their dog Joshua relieving itself on the car wheel adding the final indignity.