Doodle Boy brightens up waiting area at Shrewsbury hospital
Shropshire's online sensation Doodle Boy has been decorating the walls of a waiting area at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with his artwork.
Joe Whale, from Shrewsbury, visited the hospital to work on the walls of the new children and young person’s unit waiting area, which is a new area of the emergency department.
The waiting room is part of the £9.3m upgrade of the A&E at RSH to increase capacity and upgrade facilities.
Natalie Dulson, operations manager at the emergency centre run by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “We first heard about Joe through one of our paediatric sisters.
"The team agreed that with Joe being a local young artist, it was great to have him involved, doodling on the walls of our new children and young person’s unit waiting area.
“The Doodle Boy’s work is amazing and all our emergency department staff think that it is a real feature to the area.
"It will hopefully occupy the minds of those who wait, by trying to find the animals and other characters Joe has created.”
Joe sprung to prominence after pictures of his work on the walls of a Shrewsbury restaurant went viral in 2019.
The success led to him being chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to draw their royal train, and he has since enjoyed significant breakthroughs in the USA for his work.
Joe's characterful doodles have already earned him celebrity status in the USA, having appeared on CBS & NBC News and Little Big Shots, alongside actress Melissa McCarthy.
He was flown out to California in January 2020 to doodle the backdrop for the set of NBC’s Little Big Shots, peppering the set with drawings of his trademark black and white characters.
