Bus driver who painted in a primitive style on any materials he could afford, including linoleum and old bits of linen; he mixed his own bold colours, having learned from his signwriter father. Having tried every gallery in London, Stockley was about to burn all his work if dealer Lucy Wertheim had not taken him on in 1932. She urged him to illustrate Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, and gave him a solo show, exhibiting him then as Busdriver Stockley. As Henry Stockley he appeared in mixed shows. He was also exhibited by Jack Bilbo’s Modern Art Gallery, with the London Transport Group and in RA Summer Exhibitions, in 1948 being in the Academy’s touring show Crowded Out. Stockley’s pictures reflect his daily life: work as a bus driver, scenes from his Kent childhood and experiences in the Blitz.