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Looks like legendary Aussi doodler, famous for his line - do you know what it is yet - and 'unique' style of music that makes the use of things like the wobble board has been given permission to paint the Queen.

Rolf Harris will paint the Queen as part of her 80th birthday celebrations, and he will do it in an impressionistic style rather than photographic, he said he was delighted and in an unbeliveably cliched way said he wants to catch the inner Queen (or something along those lines).

The painting is being done as part of the BBC programme Rolf on Art that has already seen Rolfe undertake a number of high profile art project, the show will feature the Queen sitting for the Entertainer.

Rolf Harris is the most recent in a long line of artists to paint the Queen, 120 portraits have been made of Her Majesty in total.

A recent, high profile example was one I got to cover as it hit my part of the world. The Jersey Arts Trust commission a holographic portrait of the Monarch produced by Chris Levine, in an interview I did with the artist I asked him how he feels this new media compares to more traditional formats.

We live in an age where technology is becoming increasingly entwined with humanity - we are in a technological revolution and it is natural that my work is accepted of the age, contemporary along side and born out of tradition.

You can find out more about the article by going to BBC News, Scotland on Sunday and The Manchester Evening News

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