Bill Hudson (artist)
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William Hudson (born 23 December 1942) is an English artist.
Early life[edit]
Hudson was born in Norwich, Norfolk and began drawing at a very early age, selling his first drawing at the age of eight on the Norwich riverside. His father had introduced him at age six to a close neighbour, an elderly Norwich artist known as Mr Smee, who taught Hudson drawing with a pencil. He had two lessons a week for two years, his mother paying for the lessons with cooked dinners.[1]
Education[edit]
Hudson received formal tuition at the Norwich School of Art (1986–88) and the Winchester School of Art (1990). However, as he was already producing and selling work in Norfolk, and had been for two decades, this was seen as an extension of his hard gained experience. Nevertheless the Norwich School of Art, in particular, proved advantageous to Hudson, for the guidance and help of tutors Chris Penny, Ian Welch, Frank Evans and Pete Kaye.
Career[edit]
Hudson's work has been sold in the UK and abroad (the US and Europe predominantly).[1]
His mentor during the 1980s was Isabelle Hurst, whom Hudson remembers fondly due to her guiding thoughts and hand.[1]
Burning project[edit]
On 19 April 2012, Hudson burned 40 of his paintings from the 1970s and 1980s, a selection of work that consisted of landscapes, portraits and abstract pieces, with the aim of producing new work from the ashes.[2][3] A small audience of press and collectors witnessed the burning, and, in one instance, helped Hudson burn his art. Hudson intended to capture the timeline of the work, some 1000 years since its conception. This was the average total of years since the paintings were done, multiplied by the number of works.[1] Hudson said on the night of the burning, "The ashes hold within them all the energy and time that I have put in to them. I want all of that to come out in the work I produce from this."[1]
On 11 June 2012, Hudson took delivery of the toughened glass that would hold these ashes, and filled it. The installation, titled "I kicked a stone", was signed and titled on the lower front portion. It was to be displayed for the first time to a selected audience on 13 July at an event hosted by Mercedes Benz in Weybridge, Surrey.
Immediacy[edit]
In 2010, Hudson and art dealer Vernon Holt entitled Hudson's abstract work "Immediacy",[4] referring to the manner in which Hudson draws and paints. He draws with a live model and never draws from photographs, as he focuses on movement, believing that nothing is static.[5] Similarly, he creates his abstract paintings with no prior idea of the final result. To further instill "immediacy" in the work, Hudson often puts his oil paint tubes behind his back, so he cannot know what the next colour will be on the canvas.[1] Hudson regards himself as a painter first, despite producing new drawings almost every day. These pencil or charcoal works are not related to the paintings; that is, they do not act as preparatory work.[1] Hudson follows no other artist, constantly searching for a new way forward in painting. This does at times inspire criticism from some of the proponents of more traditional art.[1]
Exhibitions[edit]
Hudson exhibited as part of a group show with the Horsham Gallery in August 2010 at the Menier Gallery In Southwark, London. In April 2011 and January 2012, he contributed solo shows to the Lovat Barnes Gallery, and again to the Menier Gallery.[6][7]
Awards[edit]
Hudson was awarded the Norwich Evening News Art Prize in 1987.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Bill Hudson, "Memoirs" 2010
- ↑ Joshua Powling, West Sussex County Times 26 April 2012
- ↑ Lorraine Nugent, Media wordwaves
- ↑ the "Immediacy" of Art George D. Romanos, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Vol. 36, No. 1 (Autumn, 1977), pp. 73–80, Blackwell Publishing
- ↑ "Bill Hudson: A Moment in Time". AAH: All About Horsham Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Staff (2012). "Past Exhibitions". Menier Gallery. Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ↑ Staff (2012). "Past Exhibitions". Menier Gallery. Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
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