Dr Helen

For most health workers in the Covid19 pandemic their mask became inseparable from their identity, leaving these front line heroes anonymous and generic. My portrait of Helen expresses that anonymity and draws on the enduring qualities of stone – strength, resilience, grace – to convey the calm strength under pressure that we have come to expect from our health professionals. But there is also a hint of quiet vulnerability, a sense that the poise may not hold indefinitely…

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