Cheryl Cole as Angel of the North

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She has already taken on national treasure status since her popularity ballooned on the X Factor, but now Cheryl Cole has been given other-worldly status by becoming an angel.

That's right, the X Factor judge has been immortalised in a new painting which depicts the Geordie Girls Aloud singer as a weeping figure in a updated version of the well-known Anthony Gormley sculpture, the Angel of the North.

Liverpudlian artist Lee Jones chose to recreate the sculpture on canvas and feature Cheryl as his muse explaining: 'As an artist I feel the overwhelming warmth of the northern people towards Cheryl Cole and I wanted to portray this by depicting her as our very own Angel of the North.

'I see her as a new icon of popular culture for the 21st century, a beacon of light in these bleak times - a fine example of a northern lass making good.'

With influences taken from Warhol's Marilyn silkscreen painting and Peter Blake's Sergeant Pepper album cover, Jones's eye-catching piece of work can be seen in a yet-to-be-decided London gallery from next February.

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Thursday 11 December 2008

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