Bissill moved out of London in the early thirties, craving the countryside and contact with nature. He lived in the small village of Ibthorpe in Hampshire at first and here he married Gladys Swann, whom he had met in London. They moved in 1935 to the nearby village of Ashmansworth and lived there for the rest of their lives. From that time Bissill called himself a 'landscape painter'. But he also undertook picture restoration and became well known as a dealer in the local art salerooms. He spent most of his time painting the local landscape, and his snow scenes became particularly popular. In 1941 he contributed several watercolours to Kenneth Clark's Recording Britain project.
