Hundreds of NHS frontline workers get portraits painted for free by Oxford artist
NHS frontline workers are getting their portraits painted by a UK artist as a thank you for their heroic effortsOxford Thomas Croft had the idea as a way to thank medical staff and keep busy during lockdownworker that contacted him on Instagram., told the Sun: “I’ve always liked telling people's stories by painting them, and at the start of all of this I was in a weird headspace and struggling to work as pushing paint round a canvas seemed pointless.
“I just want it to be a feel good exhibition where we can really say thank you to the NHS staff for all they have done. “Each portrait is very different, but they are all lovely and emotional tributes to each and every key member in their own personal ways. “As well as the portrait of me on my first day of wearing full PPE he also wants to do a second one of me just in normal life.
“Obviously in the future the coronavirus is going to be something we look back on, something we will never forget and it's a really difficult time right now.
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