Rasta shakes the TL with portrait of Dr Sindi Van Zyl Rasta honoured Dr Sindi with a painting, but tweeps were not thrilled about it. Image: Twitter/Rasta
Painter Rasta has rubbed salt in the wounds of many of Dr Sindi van Zyl s fans after he honoured the late Dr with a painting that many felt did not resemble the people s doctor at all.
Dr Sindi died on Saturday after a struggle with Covid-19. The 45-year-old medical doctor and mother spent two months in hospital.
Tweeps were hopeful that Rasta would sit out drawing their beloved Dr Sindi but there was no such luck and they were disappointed to find that Rasta was just saving the reveal for the day of her funeral service.
12 April 2021 - 15:00 Painter Lebani Rasta Sirenje got a taste of how it feels when someone draws a portrait which looks nothing like you. Image: Rasta The Artist/ Twitter
The tables have turned on infamous funeral artist Lebani “Rasta” Sirenje after an unknown person drew a fugly portrait of the painter, which social media users believe is the payback he needed.
Rasta has come under fire on several occasions for missing the mark with his paintings of prominent celebrities and politicians who have died over the last few years.
The painter landed on the Twitter trends list at the weekend, after a fugly, free hand, pen-drawn portrait of him went viral.
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