Colorado Artist and Sculptress

“I work in a variety of mediums expressing myself through my art;
they all have one thread in common –
reflections of the natural world that I love so much.”



Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Trees Collection

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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 8" x 10"
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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 8" x 10"
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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 10" x 14"
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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 8" x 8"
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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 12" x 16"
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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 10" x 10"
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acrylic on canvas with Silver Leaf
size - 8" x 12"
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acrylic on canvas with Gold Leaf
size - 6" x 6"
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acrylic on canvas with Gold Leaf
size - 10" x 10"

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Meet the artist.
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Here is an interview with Terry Hudson from the December 2006 issue of Out Front Colorado....

"Colorado artist Terry Hudson uses a variety of mediums to express herself through her art, but they all have one common theme - reflecting the natural world that she loves so much".

Q... You work with a variety of mediums. How did your interest in each come about?

A...
Acrylic paintings.
I used to paint with watercolors. Then I wanted to be able to paint on a larger scale and not have to frame my work behind glass. So I started painting with acrylics on canvas. I am able to flood the canvas with pigment and water to achieve a watercolor effect. I really enjoy the combination of loose areas (watercolor wash) and the defined edge of a brush stroke of thick paint. Thick and thin, deliberate and the unexpected. I see this in nature, patterns, textures - anything is possible.

Stone and Hide sculptures.
I started out wanting to learn how to make a drum. I needed to learn about the rawhide skin top. I was in Northern Wisconsin and was introduced to Sis Wiggins. She is a member of the Bad River Ojibwe tribe and their resident expert in working deer hides. She taught me their traditional ways of scraping hides to make buckskin and rawhide for drums. When I returned home, I made some drums. I then thought of another way to use the rawhide. I found the ability of the hide to flex and stretch and then hold its shape when dry intriguing. I started combining river rocks, tree branches and the rawhide. I feel very close to the primitive, organic, basic earthy relationship of these materials in this series.

Acrylic painting with
silver or gold leaf.
I thought how interesting it would be to use silver or gold leaf in a painting. I collect old silver coins and I am fascinated with the ones that have acquired a beautiful patina. A rainbow of colors can develop on the surface of the silver as a result of oxidation over a long period of time. The influence of different chemicals will produce a variety of colors. I did some research to figure out how I could reproduce an environment that would do this. It worked. The patina results in random patterns and colors.

Wood sculptures.
I am drawn to landscapes. I have worked with wood as a trim carpenter and I had the idea to create a landscape. The colors and grain patterns in the wood reminded me of what I see looking at a landscape. I started collecting scrap boards from jobsites. It didn’t make sense to let this beautiful material go to the dump. The wood that has become closest to my heart I get from a lumber mill in Northern Wisconsin. Timeless Timber is a company that recovers logs that sunk to the bottom of Lake Superior and other waterways during the logging eras of the 1600s and 1800s. These logs are from our old-growth forests. They were perfectly preserved under the water for all of this time.

Life Moments paintings.
These are basically acrylic painting on canvas. One day as I was painting and wiping my paintbrush on a rag, I thought the colors and smears of paint looked beautiful. I started to save them for something. I didn’t know what. Then I thought how the individual marks could represent moments in time. That is when I started to attach these rags to a canvas and then paint around them.

Q... How do you choose your subjects and your series?

A... My subjects choose me and I just work. I gather my materials together, make the space and time and I work. I don’t know why I have so many different series. I have sketchbooks full of other ideas and series yet to be. I work on whatever comes to me. Because I feel close to nature, there is a very strong nature-based element to my work.

Q... Where do you get the natural materials used in your sculptures?

A... River rocks - my garden landscaping; deer and elk hides - friends who hunt and a local butcher; bent branches - branches that I trim off the trees in my back yard; lumber - all recycled, scavenged, found and given to me by others.

Q... I am so intrigued with your Ann's Garden Collection. Could you please discuss this?

A... Ann is my neighbor who lives right behind me. She is 100 years old, very real and alive. She looks like a painting to me when I see her out working in her vegetable and flower garden - always wearing her hat and denim shirt and bent over, hard at work. Ann doesn’t understand why I like to paint her, and she says that there are far more interesting things to paint. She smiles and shakes her head.

Q... Where can people view and buy your art?

A... I am not showing anywhere at this time, I have been focusing on the work. I would be glad to discuss the possibility of a show, or if an individual is interested in viewing my work, I can be contacted at 303-915-3744 or e-mailed at terryhudsonl@mac.com to schedule an appointment.

Q... What else would you like to say?

A... Ideas just come to me and I love to work. On a small scale, I have used my work to help with fundraising for worthwhile causes. I have a goal of being able to use the sale of my art to help others and myself on a larger scale.