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Kathleen B. Hudson

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Colorado Springs, CO
8592295806
Fine Artist

Kathleen B. Hudson

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Plein Air

Plein air paintings are those I complete in the field, outside the studio—whether on the shore of a lake or a crowded city street. Though working en plein air involves some challenges (inclement weather, opinionated onlookers, rapidly changing scenery...), nothing beats painting directly from life. 

 

Plein Air

Plein air paintings are those I complete in the field, outside the studio—whether on the shore of a lake or a crowded city street. Though working en plein air involves some challenges (inclement weather, opinionated onlookers, rapidly changing scenery...), nothing beats painting directly from life. 

 

Castle Peak, High Summer

Castle Peak, High Summer

Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available at the Broadmoor Galleries

Artists' Choice, Snowmass Plein Air 2024

Colorado Hillside

Colorado Hillside

Oil on linen, 24 x 24 in. | Available at the Broadmoor Galleries

Capitol Peak

Capitol Peak

Oil on linen, 11 x 14 in. | Available at the Broadmoor Galleries

Colorado Sky

Colorado Sky

Oil on linen, 12 x 12 in. | Available at the Broadmoor Galleries

Window On West Texas

Window On West Texas

Oil on linen, 20 x 20 in. | Private Collection

Grand Prize, Elta Joyce Murphey Award at Plein Air Texas, 2018

Facade, Old Mission San Juan Capistrano

Facade, Old Mission San Juan Capistrano

Oil on linen, 18 x 14 in. | Private Collection

Artists' Choice, Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2021

Glowing Surf

Glowing Surf

Oil on linen, 21 x 21 in. | Lost in the 2023 Lahaina Fire at the Village Galleries, Lahaina, HI

Plein Air Magazine Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational 2019

Laguna at Night

Laguna at Night

Oil on linen, 12 x 24 in. | Private Collection

Greg LaRock Legacy Award at the Laguna Plein Air Painter’s Invitational, 2021

Backlit Sky

Backlit Sky

Oil on linen, 18 x 24 in. | Available

Morning Light on Cumberland Falls

Morning Light on Cumberland Falls

Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 in. | Private Collection

Morning Light on the Dunes

Morning Light on the Dunes

Oil on linen panel, 14 x 18 in. | Private Collection

Sun Setting Behind Lanai

Sun Setting Behind Lanai

Oil on linen, 12 x 24 in. | Lost in the 2023 Lahaina Fire at the Village Galleries, Lahaina, HI

Royal Lahaina Resort Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational

Daybreak

Daybreak

Oil on linen, 18 x 24 in.  |  Private Collection

Nakalele Sunrise

Nakalele Sunrise

Oil on linen panel, 15 x 21 in. | Private Collection

Mary Anne and Nam Le Viet Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational

Storms Over Pu'u Kukui

Storms Over Pu'u Kukui

Oil on linen, 15 x 21 in. | Available

Passage of Time

Passage of Time

Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available at Charles Fine Arts

Painted during Cape Ann Plein Air 2018

Out of Time and Memory (Nocturne)

Out of Time and Memory (Nocturne)

Oil on linen, 20 x 20 in. | Collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

Texas Pastoral

Texas Pastoral

Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

Matins

Matins

Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available

Painted on Lake Leelenau in Michigan during a hazy sunrise. Smoke hung in the air due to western wildfires—it sent a plume across a northern band of the US in summer 2018.

Rolling Surf

Rolling Surf

Oil on linen panel, 13 x 21 in. | Available

3rd Place, Lighthouse Plein Air Festival 2018

Surf After a Storm

Surf After a Storm

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in. | Available at Charles Fine Arts

Awarded “Best Marine” at Cape Ann Plein Air by Don Demers

Sunrise, Natchez Trace

Sunrise, Natchez Trace

Oil on linen, 8 x 16 in. | Private Collection

Eastpoint Silhouette

Eastpoint Silhouette

Oil on linen, 20 x 30 in. | Collection of the Forgotten Coast Cultural Coalition

Artists’s Choice, Forgotten Coast en Plein Air 2018

Nightfall

Nightfall

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in. | Private Collection

Bright Morning, Timberline Falls

Bright Morning, Timberline Falls

Oil on linen panel, 18 x 14 in.  |  Private Collection

Grand Prize, 6th Annual PleinAir Salon

3rd Place, Plein Air Rockies 2016

Evening Glow on the Annisquam Lighthouse

Evening Glow on the Annisquam Lighthouse

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in.  |  Available

Painted during Cape Ann Plein Air 2017

Cove Wreathed in Fog

Cove Wreathed in Fog

Oil on linen panel, 16 x 12 in.  |  Private Collection

Wilderness Conservation Award, Cape Ann Plein Air 2017

Hill Country View

Hill Country View

Oil on linen panel, 16 x 16 in. |  Private Collection

Painted during En Plein Air Texas, 2017

Winding Road

Winding Road

Oil on linen, 12 x 16 in.  |  Available

Honorable Mention, Bucks County Plein Air Festival, 2016

First Light at Halibut Point

First Light at Halibut Point

Oil on linen panel, 14 x 18 in.  | . Private Collection

Painted during Cape Ann Plein Air 2017

Light on the Little River

Light on the Little River

Oil on linen, 14 x 18 in.  |  Private collection

Dawn at the Creamery

Dawn at the Creamery

Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Private Collection

Morning at Six Mile Ranch

Morning at Six Mile Ranch

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in. | Private Collection

Morning, Point Loma

Morning, Point Loma

Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 in.  | . Private Collection

Morning, Cumberland Falls

Morning, Cumberland Falls

Oil on linen, 14 x 11 in.  |  Private collection

Cumberland Falls in southern Kentucky is a jewel of a painting location. I joined a group of local plein air artists and came up with this piece. I hoped to capture the impression of the early morning sun on the falls just as it passed above the trees and illuminated the mist and boulders downstream.

Morning on St. Mary's Lake

Morning on St. Mary's Lake

Oil on linen panel, 14 x 18 in.  |  Private Collection

Painted during Plein Air Glacier in June 2016. I had seen this view as an eight-year-old on my first trip to Glacier National Park, and I went back to see if it still struck me as powerfully as it did then. It did! I painted this near the Rising Sun picnic area on the Going to the Sun Road; to get to this spot, I had to ignore a lot of "Bear Frequenting" signs. (Don't worry, Mom. I kept that bear spray close at hand.)

Door County Road

Door County Road

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in. | Private Collection

Meadow in Late Summer

Meadow in Late Summer

Oil on linen panel, 16 x 16 in. | Private Collection

Pig Pen

Pig Pen

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in.  |  Private Collection

Painted in April 2016 during the Augusta Plein Air Festival, where it won Honorable Mention. I greatly enjoyed getting to know these pigs at a farm on the Missouri River bluffs near Washington, MO.

Oaks at Sunrise

Oaks at Sunrise

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 16 in. | Available

Sunrise Over the Missouri

Sunrise Over the Missouri

Oil on linen  |  12 x 16 in.  |  Private Collection

Best of Show & First Place Oil, 2014 Augusta Plein Air Festival

I painted this on the very last day of the Augusta Plein Air Festival in Augusta, MO. I had been waiting all week for a sunrise to break through the overcast skies, and it finally happened. I scouted out a painting location using Google Maps—I knew I wanted to paint the light hitting a bend in the Missouri River. 

 

Sunset on Long's Peak

Sunset on Long's Peak

Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in.  |  Available at the Rice Gallery of Fine Art

Painted during Plein Air Rockies 2016

Caribbean Waves

Caribbean Waves

Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 in.  |  Private Collection

Awakening

Awakening

Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 in  |  Private Collection

Pleasant Hill in Early Fall

Pleasant Hill in Early Fall

Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 in.  |  Private Collection

Honorable Mention at the Rice Gallery of Art's First Juried Plein Air Show

Fishing at Dawn

Fishing at Dawn

Oil on linen, 9 x 12 in.  |  Private collection

Blog
Feature in PleinAir Magazine: "Presence of Place"
about 6 years ago

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