I was part of the great initiative, started by Tom Croft, that led to over 10,000 artists completing free portraits for NHS key workers during the pandemic. The initiative went international and a book was made by Bloomsbury to raise money for NHS Charities Together. Out of thousands, just over 300 portraits were selected to be in the book.
I had the great honour of painting, Dr Lizzie Ashton, an anaesthetics doctor. Anaesthesiologists deal in pain management and when so many were suffering with chest pain, Dr Ashton was there to help them.
My watercolour portrait of Lizzie is featured on page 200, the caption reads "Dr Ashton has been doing a wonderful job as an anaesthetis doctor in Swindon. I was so happy to be involved in the project, to show appreciation for those that take such good care of us and to give them something tangible as a thank you. I sincerely hope that our current government can see fit to raise the wages of those hard-working NHS and care staff, so they too, are giving something tangible".