A very good friend of mine is a painter. As in, an actual artistic painter. He has an upcoming exhibition at the Dunedin Railway Station, and (after getting my permission) wound up using an October 2019 photo of me in the Botanical Gardens as inspiration:
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/spring-what-spring/
The result? Here:
Wow. Beyond wow. There’s an actual painting of me in the world. I am deeply, deeply honoured.
(No AI nonsense here either!).

