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Sharon Hudson Collections

See unique and beautiful photography and art prints from 13 collections by Bay Area artist and photographer SHARON HUDSON. Each image may be purchased as an archival fine art print in various sizes, as well as on products like tote bags and pillows. NOTE: The Fine Art America WATERMARK / LOGO (lower right) will NOT appear on any product that you order. In addition to her photography, Sharon Hudson is an artist working in painting, collage, pastel, drawing, mixed media, and sculpture. Her original art can be purchased at www.sharonhudson.com .

About the Artist

Sharon Hudson Sharon Hudson is an artist and fine art photographer based in Oakland, California. Her original art work and usage rights for art and photography can be purchased at www.sharonhudson.com.

Since her first solo art exhibit in 1981, Sharon has participated in many art and photography exhibits in the San Francisco area, and has been published internationally in formats ranging from calendars, cards, and book covers to stock photography. Sharon's goal as an artist and photographer is to create objects of meaningful beauty to enrich everyday life.

My photography includes abstract and surrealistic photographs taken on city streets; fantasy images; urban and rural reflections, shadows, patterns, and textures; photographs from Mexico, Guatemala, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia (Bali and Java), and Singapore; and carousel animal images. Most of my surreal photographs are layered images and in-camera multiple exposures, and digitally manipulated photographic images. My photography is sensually rich, colorful, and often decorative, stressing the interplay of subject and pattern, the mixing of images, and layers of dimension.

My original art begins with my love of the physical world, especially the human figure, everyday objects, and sensual patterns and textures. With a frankly decorative intent, I use bold compositions, striking color, sensual line, interesting textures, and playful patterns. My inspiration comes from masters of sensuality like Gauguin, Klimt, Matisse, Degas, and Van Gogh, as well as decorative arts like quilt making, mosaics, and stained glass.

My art and photography reflect the values of my Midwestern upbringing in their direct gaze and solid compositions. Later my family moved to California, where in 1974 I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with degrees in Psychology and Practice of Art. Since then I have explored multiple art forms, freely borrowing ideas and techniques from sources as diverse as quiltmaking and weaving to stained glass, mosaics, and digital media.

My art and photography also reflect my extensive travels with backpack and camera through Alaska, Africa, East Asia, and Mexico, and I lived for a time in rural Japan. Japanese textiles and ukiyo-e prints, brilliant Mexican color, Pacific Northwest Indian design, African abstraction, and patterns from around the world are all embedded in my art and photography.