Caroline Hudson

Painting
Written By Cat Barrett

Based in Haworth, I live and work in an old West Yorkshire textile mill building called Damside Mill. Our gallery and my studio are open to visitors by appointment or periodically for exhibitions.

I predominantly work with paint and clay. I think of my ceramic vessels as 3D abstract paintings. They are hand built, layered with slips, oxides and glazes. When fired they evolve to become an object that may have been weathered or forged by the environment.

I use oil paint, often over or with different mixed media materials, on wood, paper and canvas. My obsession with surface, texture and colour exploration has been with me for as long as I can remember. I love the alchemy of manipulating materials to create something new.

Place is integral to my art, the essence of my paintings originate from being on Haworth moor and sometimes by the sea. I strive to communicate how it feels to be in these environments. The landscape remains in my subconscious, the feeling of the wind, the changing light and huge skies. When shrouded in mist, obscured horizons appear softened. I'm drawn to Celtic regions and have a close affinity with West Cornwall where my grandparents retired from Leeds. I have become increasingly absorbed with the fragility of human existence and this concept is creeping into my art. I search for quiet, ancient places that give a sense of peace and moments of calm.

Recent exhibitions include; Studio Vault, Settle. Salthouse Gallery, St Ives Cornwall. Saltaire Art Gallery, Winter Show 2024. Ing Discerning Eye exhibition 2023 at Mall Galleries London. Hawksbys, Haworth. (Permanent display) Mick Oxley Gallery, Craster. Staithes Festival of Art. Moorland Exhibition at Tinker Gallery Ilkley. Permanently/ owner at Damside Mill Gallery, Haworth. 2009-2018 I ran my studio/gallery Millgate and Castle Hill Richmond North Yorkshire Education: Leeds College of Art 1986/7 1991/92 Glasgow School of Art 1992/93 Short courses at Newlyn School of Art 2017-2019

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