Kathleen Hudson

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Lexington, KY

Hudson is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists and an Artist Member of the Copley Society of Art in Boston, MA. In 2017, Hudson received the Grand Prize in the 6th Annual PleinAir Salon for her painting Bright Morning, Timberline Falls, which was featured on the July 2017 cover of PleinAir Magazine. The same month Southwest Art named her an "Artist to Watch." 

Hudson moved from her native Kentucky to Boston in the fall of 2005 to begin an undergraduate degree at Harvard University. During her years in Boston, Hudson came to love the beautiful New England landscape as she painted, studied mountain travel narratives, and led backpacking trips for fellow students. After graduating, she was selected to join Boston’s Copley Society of Art, the oldest non-profit art association in America.

In 2013, Hudson returned to her hometown of Lexington and began to take part in regional plein air painting festivals. She now undertakes several national juried competitions each year, and when she's not outside painting from life, you can find her in the studio creating larger scale landscapes that emphasize the dynamic interplay of light, shadow, and atmospherics. 

Honors and Awards

  • Grand Prize (Elta Joyce Murphey Award), Plein Air Texas (2018)

  • Artists’ Choice, Timeless Legacy Exhibition at the Hockaday Museum (2019)

  • Artists’ Choice, Forgotten Coast en Plein Air (2018)

  • Faculty Member, PleinAir Convention & Expo (2018, 2019)

  • Faculty Member, Plein Air South (2018, 2019)

  • Plein Air Magazine Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational (2019)

  • 3rd Place, Lighthouse Plein Air Festival (2018)

  • Best Marine, Cape Ann Plein Air (2018)

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Professional Affiliations

Ms. Hudson is an Ambassador, Michael Harding Oil Paints, American Society of Marine Artists, Signature Member California Art Club, Artist Member Plein Air Painters of the Southeast, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Signature Member Copley Society of Art, Artist Member Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society.

Publications

PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2017, Cover: Bright Morning, Timberline Falls PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2018. Feature Article: "Presence of Place," by John Parks. Southwest Art. Feature Article, July 2017: "Otherworldly beauty." Keeneland Magazine, June 2018. Cover: Early Morning in the Bluegrass Lexington Herald-Leader. "Lexington painter creates award-winning work the hard way." (July 28, 2017)

Website:  https://www.kathleenbhudson.com

Lillian Ansley