Category: General News
Books
September 13th, 2016 by Catherine HydeThe lovely thing about books is that they seem to appear just like magic, complete and smelling beautiful. They are an invitation to open a door and disappear into worlds where the impossible becomes possible and the interior world of your imagination takes flight and creates landscapes that are vivid and real. In the Box of Delights by John […]
An evening with Catherine Hyde at Waterstones, Truro
September 5th, 2016 by Catherine HydeI’m happy to say that the rescheduled launch for The Star Tree at Waterstones, Truro will take place next Tuesday 27th September at 7pm. (hopefully it will not be a day of storms!) Musician Dave Sugabeet will also be there playing live the theme from his wonderful soundscape for the Star Tree “The Owl in the Window”
Guardian Review
September 2nd, 2016 by Catherine HydeAnother great review for Star Tree in the children’s books roundup by Imogen Russell Williams in last weekends Guardian. “Another dreamy, lulling story, in a more grown-up pointillist mode, is Catherine Hyde’s The Star Tree (Frances Lincoln). Hyde’s first foray as both author and illustrator is a transporting poetic account of a small girl’s imaginative voyage on […]
The rest of the year
August 23rd, 2016 by Catherine HydeI have had a lovely break in France and am back now to a sunny Cornwall, a pile of holiday washing and millions of emails to wade through. As part of getting my brain back into gear and ordering my studio time here is a list of shows and events for the rest of the year. 13th […]
Star Tree review
August 2nd, 2016 by Catherine HydeThis wonderful review at http://awfullybigreviews.blogspot.co.uk/ is by award winning author Saviour Pirotta whose Firebird I was lucky enough to illustrate in 2010. Title: The Star Tree Written and illustrated by Catherine Hyde Published by Frances Lincoln/Quarto Kids Publication date: 4 August 2016 I have to confess that I’m a bit biased when it comes to Catherine Hyde’s […]
Back to Cornwall
July 21st, 2016 by Catherine HydeArt in Action was amazing, joyous, exhausting and exhilarating. The first day saw just short of 8000 visitors with spectacular numbers overall. I’m hoping that the rumours that Art in Action will return but evolve into something quite different materialise.
Welcome to my site
July 7th, 2016 by Catherine HydeWelcome to my site – I am officially here in the 21st Century thanks to technical wizz Tom Grant from “Monrodigital”. He has (remarkably patiently) advised me what works and what doesn’t and created a very beautiful site for my work that also looks wonderful on tablets and mobiles. It is great to have blog, shop, […]
Creating “The Star Tree”
July 4th, 2016 by Catherine HydeEarly study of Mia and the stag I was keen to try working in a different medium instead of acrylic when I started to rough out ideas for ” Star Tree”. The image below is a combination of pencil crayon and watercolour, which was effective but too time consuming to build up layers of […]