ART, STYLE, and ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT: notes by contemporary fine artist Sharon Hudson.

<body bgcolor="#91c4a5"> <center> <h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>ART, STYLE, and ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT</b></i></font></h2> </center> <div align="left"> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>by contemporary fine artist Sharon Hudson. Artist Hudson answers questions about her art, art style, artistic development, philosophy, inspirations, methods, and creating art, such as: </b></font></p> </div> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>How did you get started in art?</b></i></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>Why do you do so many styles of art?  Isn't that unusual for an artist?</b></i></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>What do you think about realistic art, and how does that relate to your figures and portraits?  I am a beginning art student.</b></i></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>Tell me about your abstract art.</b></i></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>You do many styles in your figure art.  How do you decide which style to use?</b></i></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>How can I develop my own style?  How did you start off and progress to your own style?</b></i></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="4"><i><b>What is your current artistic challenge?</b></i></font></p> <div align="left"> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Sharon is a contemporary San Francisco Bay Area visual artist who lives in Oakland, California.  Her art reflects the influence of masters of sensual painting like Matisse, Van Gogh, and Gauguin. In addition, contemporary and traditional arts from her travels around the world play into her artistic development and styles. Hudson's art includes expressionistic painterly figures in pastel, graphite, and charcoal; playful figures in collages of decorative patterns; realistic figures and portraits; still lifes and abstracts in acrylic and oil paint; and mixed media abstract (non-objective) artworks with multiple layers of allover patterns. </b></font></p> </div> <center> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" color="black"><b>Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay, northern California</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Artist's website: </b></font><a href="https://www.sharonhudson.com" target="_top"><font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>www.sharonhudson.com</b></font></a></p> <p><font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2020</b></font></center> </body>