A street artist says he 'felt quite emotional' while painting the portrait of the Queen.
Street artist Dan Kitchener painted a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in West Street, RochfordDan Kitchener said he painted a portrait of the Queen in Rochford, Essex, because he wanted "to do something positive" after her death.Mr Kitchener said he was "shocked" by the reaction to the portrait, with a post on Facebook receiving thousands of reactions."I was just shocked," he said. "My friend was there and we just stopped what we were doing.
"So I thought I had to paint it, so I shoved everything I had to do aside as I thought this was more important. I felt this was what I needed to be doing."Mr Kitchener said he was drawn to a particular image of the Queen that he saw being shared online
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