Man Paints Portraits of Front line Medics, Capturing Their Exhaustion Treating COVID-19 Patients

Man Paints Portraits of Front line Medics, Capturing Their Exhaustion Treating COVID-19 Patients
Courtesy of Steve Derrick
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When the pandemic forced artist and video game developer Steve Derrick to work from home, he found himself with extra time on his hands that he said he did not want to spend watching Netflix or Hulu. When he stumbled on a magazine photo of a nurse who had just spent a long shift treating Covid-19 patients, he decided to paint her with marks from her PPE and all.

Artist Steve Derrick paints portraits of front line medics. (Courtesy of Steve Derrick)
Artist Steve Derrick paints portraits of front line medics. Courtesy of Steve Derrick