General 2 — Rebecca Guyver Art

I have been making & sending portraits to NHS Heroes.

Portrait of mei ling and childrenjpg.jpg

It all began with an idea by Tom Croft http://www.thomascroft.co.uk/portraits-for-nhs-heroes/

Hudson is a Junior Doctor at Norwich Hospital

Hudson is working with a team of doctors to treat patients with Covid 19.

Nesar is a Junior Doctor in London

Nesar worked in the Covid ward for the first three months of the first wave.

Kerri is a mental health nurse

Kerri works in the Midlands and hasn’t been able to see her parents in months. She is part of Laura’s team.

sarah flint with painting.jpg — Sarah’s daughter, Emma, who is a trainee docter herself, organised the portrait for her mother, Sarah Flint. Emma sent me this photo of Sarah and her husband, who is also a doctor with their portraits. I painted the one on the left. I’m not sure who painted the one for her husband.

Tas Pa and her Husband are doctors in Bolton

Sarah Flint works in Tunbridge Wells hospital and is an obstetrician and gynaecologist

Laura is a mental health nurse

Laura works with a team of community mental health nurses (including Kerri) Early on in the pandemic, Laura caught a glimpse of herself in a mask in the mirror & this was when it hit her that this was really happening!.

This is one of the ways Laura said thank you!

Mei Ling is a GP in Bagshot.

Mei Ling finds, as a single mum, that balancing childchare for her two children is even more difficult during covid.

Shellie is an advanced neonatal nurse practitioner

Shellie finds that whether on the ward or as a transport nurse , bringing sick patients home from abroad. she and her team take it in their stride because ‘that is how the NHS operates: on kindness, resilience and love for what we do’