Reports say gross liberties are being taken with famous paintings during the lockdown , one of them by American born and British based painter James McNeill Whistler of his poor old mum , Anna Matilda , said to have been surprised by her son's flamboyant Bohemian lifestyle ; he had been expelled from West Point military academy at 17 .
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| Before and after- notice whiskers, other variations including backdrop, white footrest , no carpet , floorboards , colour of dress. |
On North Queensland's Magnetic Island , visiting Darwin artist and renowned Northern Territory special functions bush cook , a member of the Royal Catering Company , Sara Simon , above , cut up and sprayed a variety of cans and turned them into flowers , which really could be mistaken for variations of the dreaded COVID-19 virus profile. With these, she adorned her mother's flyscreen door , resulting in what could easily be interpreted as yet another send up of Whistler's mother , in need of a perm , in an Australian tropical setting during the pandemic.
It was thirsty work cutting out and spraying the flowers. Sara had to take several swigs from her royal water bottle , below , which often runs dry during the sweaty Adelaide River Races in the Northern Territory while cooking for the hungry, large crowd.
