Patrick Dougher

About the Author

Patrick Dougher is a self-taught fine artist, musician, poet, and actor. He has performed and recorded with Sade, the Grammy award-winning Dan Zanes, Black Uhuru’s Michael Rose, Steel Pulses’ David Hinds, and Hip Hop star Chuck D of Public Enemy. His art has been featured in numerous exhibitions, as well as on television shows including The First Wives Club and Riches. He created the cover art for the reissues of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (Amistad) and The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter Woodson (Penguin Random House), and illustrated the children’s book Hold Them Close by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (HarperCollins). His visual art can be seen on his website, http://www.godbodyart.com.