Doug Hyde : Winner - Best Selling Published Artist, Fine Art Guild Awards 2005
"The most popular living artist in the UK" - BBC TV National News
Born in Bristol in 1972, Doug Hyde became aware of his artistic talent at an early age. Throughout his school and college education he concentrated on the technical side of drawing and painting, but after graduation he was in no doubt as to his chosen career, that of a professional artist.
Doug prefers to produce his distinctive artwork on a large scale, in order to achieve maximum impact with each piece. He also enjoys operating in plenty of space, thus allowing himself enough physical freedom to express the creative energy that is the key to his fresh, contemporary style. His highly communicative and engaging images make an immediate and lasting impression on the viewer, and have raised a substantial amount for charity.
Doug Hyde has featured on television both on the BBC news and Channel 4 describing his technique and talking about the people and events that inspire his heart-warming images. His extraordinary rise from virtual unknown to the most popular living artist in the UK has been meteoric, and his stunning originals and pastels have become genuine collector's items. His latest project is a stunning hardback book providing a retrospective of his extraordinary career to date.
