Catherine Hyde

Catherine Hyde (1960 – ) is a British artist, writer, photographer, and illustrator, renowned for her symbolic and atmospheric paintings and her poetic books. She has crafted a career that explores the moods and atmosphere of the natural world. Hyde’s work often features animals, landscapes, and imagination, creating dreamlike imagery. She employs layers of paint, pastel, gold and silver leaf, and mica in her art. Her style resonates in the subconscious, lingering there like half-remembered dreams or dark fairy stories. Hyde’s work is deeply influenced by folklore, the imagery of the Green Man, the cycle of the seasons, and the mythology of the hare.