She is remembered in particular for her still lifes and her flower paintings which received considerable acclaim, and are in numerous UK public collections.
She is able to paint, with apparently casual directness, pictures that are strongly and visually designed, partly because she is lucky enough to have been trained at a time before art schools gave up drawing.Thomas was born in London, England on 26 September 1916.
[4] For her final year, she studied at the Royal Academy Schools under Thomas Monnington[5] and Ernest Jackson.
[6][3] Her works were being noticed as early as 1938: commenting on an exhibition of The Women Artists, The Observer noted that "most of the outstanding pieces are contributed by the non-members such as ... 'Flu' by Margaret Thomas ..."[7] During World War II the Royal Academy Schools closed and Thomas moved to the Wiltshire countryside.
When picked, flowers must be left alone to fulfil their destinies, to orientate to the light, to sort out their relative strengths, to stabilise and mature.
[11] Her work was "in a manner all of her own," exploring "the tonal subtleties of oil paint in various ways"[12] and she arranged 'her flowers and still-life with unerring good taste.