A matching sculpture is also available: 'Hedge Hugs - Sculpture.'

What a lovely new limited edition and reminding you instantly of the artwork 'Best Friends' (2020), which featured our two heroes sitting quietly and watching the moonlight.

I do admire Doug's use of light in 'Hedge Hugs', and perhaps the hedgehog & mouse embrace and also bask in the moonlight that is coming in on the left of our prickly’ friend (appearing as a shaft of white!).

Once again a simple image made with black and grey pastels and with just their noses giving the artwork a hint of Purple & pink colours, almost like icing on a cake!

Doug is able to take almost any animal and create an emotional response in us just by giving them some human faculty e.g.: love, emotion or 'human' touch itself, reminding us we are all connected and loving kindness is only a hug away!

The matching picture can be viewed: 'Hedge Hugs - Picture.'

It’s our friends the hedgehog and the mouse from Rural Retreat Collection (from the 2010s) and the two sculptures that accompanies the 2014 releases! – a warm welcome back to these two little fellas.

'Hedge Hugs' is reminisce of ‘Country Dancing’ and the two friends embrace after being away for  some time. I remember very well the spikes of Country Dancing and how much work went into hand painting them! - another Doug Hyde labour of love sculpture.

How fitting that this is part of the same Spring 2023 that includes 'Big Hugs - Sculpture' but that features two humans embracing instead lol.

Released at the same time as 'Sharing Is Caring - Sculpture.'