This year world-renowned street artist, My Dog Sighs is celebrating 20 years of creating work and having founded his career through Free Art Friday he is creating a huge three-day Free Art treasure hunt in Portsmouth this Easter.

Starting on Good Friday, 7th April, My Dog Sighs will be hiding over £30,000 worth of art across the city of Portsmouth, covering the north, south, east and west of Portsea Island. He will be dropping a third of the work each day and will be working with organisations across the city to help maximise the impact of the event to the local economy. Items will be dropped at a different times across the 72 hour period.  Clues to the locations of the artworks will be shared on social media.

The treasure is a combination of a small number of very high value items, a generous amount of mid-price items and a large number of collectible items to give both the excitement of valuable prizes with plenty of opportunities for people to find something.  The list of prizes includes:

• 3 original hand painted cans
• 20 hand painted pebbles
• 60 exclusive limited edition prints only available via the treasure hunt
• 600 specially minted My Dog Sighs coins which will also only be available via the treasure hunt.
• 2000 beer mats

My Dog Sighs is a proud resident of Portsmouth and wants to give back to the city he loves. He has a large online following with he works selling for thousands of pounds.  It is estimated 10,000 to 20,000 hunters will be searching the city for the opportunity to own one of his artworks. To become a treasurer hunter follow #mdsfindit on Instagram or Facebook.