ARTIST Lee Brewster cannot be accused of sitting down on the job.
His brief was to create an imaginative play area for children attending the new paediatric outpatients department at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.
Already an elaborate floor design has been laid and covered over for safekeeping.
Lee and his wife, Jill, did not stop there. The couple from Darlington have carved an oak table and benches to help commemorate this month's Captain Cook Festival.
The furniture is on display at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, in Middlesbrough's Stewart Park, where hospital staff were invited to a sneak preview yesterday.
Other artists have also been commissioned to carry out work on the theme of Teesside's most famous navigator.
Research has shown that thoughtful use of colours, light, art, texture and the performing arts in hospitals can aid a patient's recovery while creating a lasting impression on everyone who visits and works there.
The £155m single-site development at The James Cook University Hospital will see the closure of North Riding Infirmary and Middlesbrough General Hospital next Spring.
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