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Although very talented in most areas, she has now found a niche in painting Cows in her very own recognisable style.
With her tiles are Gound beef Dripping, Cows, Falling gets interested Moo, and The perseverance of moomory.
It seems to be that be a successful contemporary artist you must find a distinctive style and perhaps a subject gimmick, when it looks like being successful, you just keep producing work in the same vein. No doubt that after many years this style will walk out fashion. But in that meantime, the artist will be able to make a lot of money. Most of the money is made from selling limited edition designs. The artist only has to paint one picture, then can sell it 100s of times over by having prints published, as well as matching sculptures or anything else..
Other artists whove been successful with this strategy are Doug Hyde , Todd White, Peter Smith amongst about 20 others.
Doug Hydes gimmick is to use various similar looking cuddly people and situate them with everyday surroundings, but done within a cartoon style. They are easily recognisable, regardless of their artists merits.
Todd White uses a similar method, but his characters are of as more adult nature. Captivating stylish people in areas like wine bars, with a bit of sexiness, but again just about all very recoginsable once youve witnessed one.
Art isnt an ideal way of making money for most people, but if youre lucky enough to find the right niche, youll be made for life.
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If you asked anybody who is currently Britains biggest providing artist, most people may possibly say Rolf Harris and also Jack Vetriano, who most people have heard of. However theyd be wrong. Doug Hyde is currently by far the biggest selling British artist at the present time.
So what makes Doug so popular?
Doug has found a popular niche and stuck for it. Google some of his work and youll soon start to recognise it. Basically he uses a couple of memorable cuddly characters and puts them in a variety of every day recognisable views.
What hes doing is actually very clever. Hes creating a warmth and likeability approximately everyday situations, with the likable characters added into the mix. Along with the utilization of warm, soft pastel colours and a soft focus, hes creating an almost emotional tug over the viewer to buy the picture. And they complete!!!
Whether or not this is intentional on Dougs behalf is open to debate, but its definitely a winning formula, and you can hardly ever blame him for sticking to the routine.
Does indeed Dougs work have any sort of artistic merit? I dont imagine the art critics would probably value many successful current artwork very highly, but theyre not people who have to make a living from it are they? Thousands of houses have Dougs use their walls, and their opinion is simply as valid at the fine art critics.
Also, if you have a look at other current successful artists youll recognize that Dougs methods and styles have been completely copied by several. This is surely the best form of flattery! Caroline Shotton, Caroline Shotton
