An exploration into the routine, this project explores the beauty residing within mundane spaces. Seeking to provoke appreciation for the subtle objects that support our daily routines, offering viewers the opportunity to find comfort within the viewing of the familiar.

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Millie Thompson is a 25-year-old artist, born in Yorkshire and now based in London. She holds a first-class degree in Art and Design from the University of Leeds. Working primarily in oil paint, Millie’s practice explores the beauty within the mundane - the quiet, overlooked spaces and objects that furnish our everyday lives.

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Much of her work is informed by her own photographic material, with her current series emerging from a deeply personal place. After years of visiting her grandparents’ house - once a lively, familiar space, now gradually stilled and unused - Millie began to consider how these interiors hold traces of the lives once lived within them. Through this three-part series, she invites the viewer to pause and recognise the beauty and significance held within these familiar, everyday spaces.

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Each painting isolates a single domestic setting: a bath, a kitchen, and a sofa. By working without the human figure, Millie allows objects and interiors to carry the weight of human presence. Their absence evokes a sense of quietness and memory, while drawing attention to the invisible architecture of everyday life - the spaces, routines and objects that quietly shape our experience.

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