the oil painting is the work of artist nuri miscavige. she met the monarch in person twice once at buckingham palace in the heart of the british capital. for the queen in particular i think what's fascinating about painting how is that you're possibly painting. the best known face in the world and actually that's not an easy thing to do for the misca fair to spend an hour all together with the queen it's a special honor for her mother is british her father a spanish painter she's quite a powerful this will pass and really that's that was my 1st impression and also very quickly cause a sense of something was very grounded very natural and that she has a very very sharp sense of humor very close to the surface all the time which was really lovely. the artist worked on her trip here in her studio in south london it took a total of 7 months to complete from the 1st sketch to the finished painting she painted the face last the biggest challenge and the biggest worries guessing guessing how right and getting the face right and getting a sense t