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Published 11:48 18 Jul 2020 GMT
Bindi Irwin - the daughter of Crocodile Hunter legend Steve Irwin - has taken to social media to share a touching tribute to her late father.
The 21-year-old got married to partner Chandler Powell on March 25 in a private ceremony at Australia Zoo - where Bindi was walked down the aisle by younger brother Robert Irwin and they lit a candle in honor of her late father.
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Now, Bindi has shared a beautiful piece of art with her 3.5 million Instagram followers, showing her late father by her side on her wedding day.
The conservationist captioned the post:
"My family. Our wedding day. This artwork gave me happy tears. Thank you to ‘The Monkey Brush’ for creating such a beautiful piece, it means the world to me."
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The touching post has since received over 572,000 likes and over 8,400 comments - including one from Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, who commented: "Beautiful for a beautiful family."
The beautiful artwork was created by artist Debb Oliver, who runs the illustration studio The Monkey Brush.
Amazingly, the heartwarming family picture was not commissioned by Bindi or the Irwin family, and instead was created by Oliver out of her love her the family.
At the start of the month, Oliver took to Instagram to share why she created the piece, her process behind it, and to ask her followers to help Bindi see it.
The artist wrote:
"I’ve been working on this slowly since @bindisueirwin and @chandlerpowell got married.
"I couldn’t stop thinking about how Steve would be so proud of them.
"So I wanted to draw all the Irwin’s together, including Sui. Steve’s best friend.
"I LOVE this family so much. And I’d love for them to see this.
"I promise I won’t ask every time, but I’d REALLY appreciate if you could help me get this to them. I wish them the very best!"
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After seeing that Bindi had shared her picture, Oliver commented on the TV personality's post, writing: "Talk about happy tears, I’m bawling here!!!!
"Bindi, you have NO IDEA what you and your family mean to me. I cried many times when I was drawing this, I cried again when I got a card and gifts from you, and here I am, crying again! thank you SO MUCH!
"We all wish your amazing dad was there to walk you down the aisle. And I know he was, somehow.
I have sent it to get printed and framed, and you’ll have it very soon. I am SO HAPPY you like it.
"Love you all so much. You have made me the happiest person on earth."
You can check out more of Oliver's work on her Facebook page.
