Day 58 - Tuesday 12th May 2020

Location: London, UK

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

Lockdown

I work for a fantastic promo agency who employ actors for their in-between work - I've said it before, I'll say it again, actors don't rest.

They set us a fun competition to "Recreate A Masterpiece" similar to a challenge The Getty Museum were doing.

Here is my entry (I was a runner up) and re-creation of Nighthawks by Edward Hopper - one of my favourite paintings

You will see that my version feature Henry VIII and one of his wives at the bar and they are being served from a tiny tea set by a mouse.

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