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 Hudson , Joanna Frazier: 1963, USA
The Artist:
Joanna Frazier Hudson was born in High Point, NC. She studied
drawing, photography and film at Virginia Commonwealth University and
from there she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. After graduation
she continued work as art director for Hudson Studios specializing and
furniture photography and catalog printing. Work in the field supplemented
her creative projects until attending a graduate school at the University
of NC at Greensboro where she received a Masters Degree in Fine Art. Her
studies were primarily painting, photography and film. Ms. Hudson taught
film courses as art in the broadcast/cinema division of UNC at Greensboro
and later other film subjects at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem,
NC. In addition to her long-term work at UNCG, she traveled to other universities
as a guest lecturer, conducting workshops and seminars. Throughout her
teaching career, Hudson stayed active doing her own work, showing independent
films, documentaries and photography at prominent local galleries.
Hudson's collection of work from the past two decades is
currently on display in numerous venues throughout the US and abroad.
She travels with her work to exhibitions,shows and gatherings. Some and
exhibitions have included: High Point Fine Art Guild Art Exhibit, Changing
Tides Cultural Center, High Point NC, Show runs until February 13 2011;
The Western Design Conference, Jackson, WY, Sept. 2010; The Western Design
Conference, Jackson, WY, Sept. 2009; Winter Show 2009; Greenhill Center
for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, December 6 January 15 2009; Art in the Park,
Blowing Rock NC, May 16, 2009; Show website The Western Design Conference,
Jackson, WY, Sept. 2008; End of Class Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art,
Glasgow, Scotland; The Blue Diamond Gallery, "Pieces," One Artist Show,
Greensboro, NC, March 2008; Wilkes Art Gallery, "Poetic Imagery," One
Artist Show, N. Wilkesboro, NC, Winter 2008; The Western Design Conference,
Jackson, WY, Sept. 2007; Arts United Gallery, One Artist Show, Lexington,
NC, Fall 2007; The Moring Art Center, One Artist Show, Asheboro, NC, January
8-31, 2007; Western Interiors DESIGN + HOME SHOW, San Francisco, CA, Sept.
8-10, 2006; The Western Design Conference, Victor J Riley Arena in Cody,
WY, Sept. 22-24, 2005; Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show (April
15-17, 2005) Eden City Hall's Artist of the Month (February 2005), Eden,
NC; Hudson's work ranges from still-life, hand-tinted images to stone
lithographs and a range of photographic methods.
Artist's Statement:
I am a photographer. -I make photographs and pictures -
that depict life cycles. - The camera-eye makes images metaphorically
mimicking personal experiences. - The graphic quality of the black and
white silver print impresses and expresses - subtle tonal nuances of mystery
and luminosity. - I work in the darkroom printing my negatives - and at
times on the drawing table adding bits of - color by hand-tinting, extracting,
refracting - and reacting. - Some photographs are straight printing.-
In others, I combine negatives and use masking,- solarizing, toning, and
hand-tinting to make from - the negative, the image I want to see. - I
am using a scientific medium to create art. Quotation from Eudora Welty:
The camera is about wanting to know. Photography is more than technique.
It requires an internal lens. Insight doesn't happen often on the click
of the moment, like a luck snapshot, but comes in its own time and more
slowly and from nowhere but within. There is outer light and there is
inner light. A photographer needs both."
The Art:
Hudson's ability to bring imagery to poetry and poetry to
images is her forte. From the whisper-thin strokes of her ethereal visitor
Ghost of Westover, and the subtlety of the Latent Spirit to the utilitarian
commonality of her hand-tinted fruits and vegetable collection, Hudson's
work eloquently speaks volumes.
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Hudson003 From the Kitchen
Joanna Fraizer Hudson, USA. Watermelon Plug,
from Fruits and Vegetables Portfolio. Limited Edition 20 prints.
Hand Tinted Silver Print. Display alone or in a Group. Photograph
Image 4" x 5". Framed 12" x 16" Close-Up.
$180.
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Hudson001 From the Garden
Joanna Frazier Hudson, USA. Trumpet Flower,
from the Garden Portfolio. Limited Edition 20 prints. Hand Tinted
Silver Print. Display alone or in a Group. Photograph Image 4"
x 5". Framed 12" x 16". Close-Up.
$180.
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