![Facade, Old Mission San Juan Capistrano](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1643522272697-2RBW85OM9EN20BCZUNQ7/image-asset.jpeg)
![Laguna at Night](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1643523180292-T8GZCPCAW7OWA4ZC5OF2/image-asset.jpeg)
![Backlit Sky](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1643522417764-A374Q4QMZY2XR9YBFBRQ/image-asset.jpeg)
![Morning Light on Cumberland Falls](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1604021168279-N4AUU2N31ZF357NVA546/Hudson_Kathleen_Morning+Spray%2C+Cumberland+Falls_oil_16x20+copy.jpg)
![Glowing Surf](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1551997076967-N6XDSKRHAUMI5VMGOPC6/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Glowing+Surf.jpg)
![Morning Light on the Dunes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1604020756734-HW1WT21RXYZIIADGHY0V/image-asset.jpeg)
![Sun Setting Behind Lanai](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1551996772334-ZPW3HHE1NLZ65UBWC2AH/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Sun+Setting+Behind+Lanai.jpg)
![Daybreak](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1581433198879-GNDVSRRY8KVK5P5HJLGM/C4C4EA82-929F-4A20-A64A-AF24ADA04975.jpeg)
![Nakalele Sunrise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1551996746534-O2BOVLMFWOQFNJB5CZCK/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Nakalele+Sunrise.jpg)
![Storms Over Pu'u Kukui](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1551996908416-J3KOA40X1S6132VE95HA/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Storm+Over+Pu%27u+Kukui.jpg)
![Window On West Texas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1541638599480-UA27HTZFPNL8ZH5AY6LO/Hudson+-+Window+On+West+Texas.jpg)
![Passage of Time](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1540007708863-DW4XSKGJJQ7Q41K1R7G1/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Passage+of+Time.jpg)
![Out of Time and Memory (Nocturne)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1541638129857-3RXMBUDO62J7B7P651FB/Hudson+-+Out+of+Time+and+Memory+%28Nocturne%29.jpg)
![Texas Pastoral](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1541638230579-2VD9HMTUB0QEZP03AAL2/Hudson+-+Texas+Pastoral.jpg)
![Matins](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1549344158522-DDH0FUZSRRK4LU9R3XU1/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Matins.jpg)
![Rolling Surf](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1528476210176-LQAMAGQJSGDDG8QH1QL1/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Rolling+Surf.jpg)
![Surf After a Storm](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1540006544971-56HVZW4LPAQ6MG12F0HQ/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Surf+After+a+Storm.jpg)
![Sunrise, Natchez Trace](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1581363315699-6QZ5LOW69ZDOJRKRP4NF/image-asset.jpeg)
![Nightfall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1518043050344-6OPW31GR0O6M74CSAQEI/Hudson+-+Nightfall.jpg)
![Bright Morning, Timberline Falls](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1490884811555-3Q2EBN8PX129IZB730GA/Hudson+-+Bright+Morning%2C+Timberline+Falls.jpg)
![Evening Glow on the Annisquam Lighthouse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1509594945867-OFFABWWICUM4LM8D0HTP/Evening+Glow%2C+Bass+Rocks+and+Annisquam+Lighthouse.jpg)
![Cove Wreathed in Fog](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1509594882061-HGOOA3GK8F95NEV7IXK6/Hudson+-+Cove+Wreathed+in+Fog.jpg)
![Hill Country View](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1522695993508-YAPGM918FEIQ3ARCV63N/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Hill+Country+Road.jpg)
![Winding Road](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1483548735954-SQW1VIKNFV6K5HUACN4N/Winding+Road+Hudson.jpg)
![First Light at Halibut Point](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1509594846826-JZQ9SBJMRZB7VVGEN4QC/Hudson+-+First+Light+at+Halibut+Point.jpg)
![Light on the Little River](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1504299429769-N830O65WU3ZB5WSXA9XR/Light+on+the+Little+River+-+Hudson.jpg)
![Dawn at the Creamery](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1549346560171-9V0U7IQT0AOHN65ZE19N/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Dawn+at+the+Creamery.jpg)
![Morning at Six Mile Ranch](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1528476471475-NFORG5RXJ365I9TWU2MT/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Six+Mile+Ranch.jpg)
![Morning, Point Loma](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1494363742761-E3N9IVZER5HZW1R3CBMG/Hudson+-+Morning%2C+Point+Loma.jpg)
![Morning on St. Mary's Lake](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1549348442858-3613IT2J4V9D8XZOZMC5/Morning+on+St+Mary%27s+Lake%2C+Glacier+NP.jpg)
![Door County Road](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1549344145860-MEEKC2CILVIRKG0QPPET/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Country+Road.jpg)
![Meadow in Late Summer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1549344137330-U4ROCZUGJ543JWZSBBAR/Kathleen+Hudson+-+Meadow+in+Late+Summer.jpg)
![Pig Pen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1463010098261-FRK6236C41N8WVLSYYYP/Pig+Pen.jpg)
![Oaks at Sunrise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1528476535551-82AB949KV0G4IZC1PI0P/Hudson+-+Oaks+at+Sunrise.jpg)
![Sunrise Over the Missouri](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1426392023426-HCJIEGVKRWD1HOX6ZO2K/Hudson_Sunrise+Over+the+Missouri.jpg)
![Sunset on Long's Peak](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1483585591187-5GWXB3S0JNJ88SYX3RO2/Sunset+on+Longs+Peak+-+Hudson.jpg)
![Caribbean Waves](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1491402507275-IFLGNIPFCCSR82OAH8NR/Hudson+-+Caribbean+Waves.jpg)
![Awakening](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1490895147613-5GSTD9A15TL1PAQ5KFOI/Awakening.jpg)
![Pleasant Hill in Early Fall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1450885869417-77GII0FDP8A88X8CR83V/image-asset.jpeg)
![Fishing at Dawn](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/519a4a6ee4b0be74de0cdd1d/1504299413650-1LQWFLPFVB6ISZT91AY8/Fishing+at+Dawn+-+Hudson.jpg)
Plein air paintings are those I complete in the field, outside the studio—whether on the shore of a lake or a crowded city street. Though working en plein air involves some challenges (inclement weather, opinionated onlookers, rapidly changing scenery...), nothing beats painting directly from life.
Plein air paintings are those I complete in the field, outside the studio—whether on the shore of a lake or a crowded city street. Though working en plein air involves some challenges (inclement weather, opinionated onlookers, rapidly changing scenery...), nothing beats painting directly from life.
Facade, Old Mission San Juan Capistrano
Oil on linen, 18 x 14 in. | Private Collection
Laguna at Night
Oil on linen, 12 x 24 in. | Private Collection
Greg LaRock Legacy Award at the Laguna Plein Air Painter’s Invitational, 2021
Backlit Sky
Oil on linen, 18 x 24 in. | Available
Morning Light on Cumberland Falls
Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 in. | Private Collection
Glowing Surf
Oil on linen, 21 x 21 in. | Available at the Village Galleries, Lahaina, HI
Plein Air Magazine Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational 2019
Morning Light on the Dunes
Oil on linen panel, 14 x 18 in. | Private Collection
Sun Setting Behind Lanai
Oil on linen, 12 x 24 in. | Available at the Village Galleries, Lahaina, HI
Royal Lahaina Resort Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational
Daybreak
Oil on linen, 18 x 24 in. | Private Collection
Nakalele Sunrise
Oil on linen panel, 15 x 21 in. | Private Collection
Mary Anne and Nam Le Viet Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational
Storms Over Pu'u Kukui
Oil on linen, 15 x 21 in. | Available
Window On West Texas
Oil on linen, 20 x 20 in. | Private Collection
Grand Prize, Elta Joyce Murphey Award at Plein Air Texas, 2018
Passage of Time
Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available at Charles Fine Arts
Painted during Cape Ann Plein Air 2018
Out of Time and Memory (Nocturne)
Oil on linen, 20 x 20 in. | Collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Texas Pastoral
Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Matins
Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Available
Painted on Lake Leelenau in Michigan during a hazy sunrise. Smoke hung in the air due to western wildfires—it sent a plume across a northern band of the US in summer 2018.
Rolling Surf
Oil on linen panel, 13 x 21 in. | Available
3rd Place, Lighthouse Plein Air Festival 2018
Surf After a Storm
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in. | Available at Charles Fine Arts
Awarded “Best Marine” at Cape Ann Plein Air by Don Demers
Sunrise, Natchez Trace
Oil on linen, 8 x 16 in. | Private Collection
Eastpoint Silhouette
Oil on linen, 20 x 30 in. | Collection of the Forgotten Coast Cultural Coalition
Artists’s Choice, Forgotten Coast en Plein Air 2018
Nightfall
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in. | Private Collection
Bright Morning, Timberline Falls
Oil on linen panel, 18 x 14 in. | Private Collection
Grand Prize, 6th Annual PleinAir Salon
3rd Place, Plein Air Rockies 2016
Evening Glow on the Annisquam Lighthouse
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in. | Available
Painted during Cape Ann Plein Air 2017
Cove Wreathed in Fog
Oil on linen panel, 16 x 12 in. | Private Collection
Wilderness Conservation Award, Cape Ann Plein Air 2017
Hill Country View
Oil on linen panel, 16 x 16 in. | Private Collection
Painted during En Plein Air Texas, 2017
Winding Road
Oil on linen, 12 x 16 in. | Available
Honorable Mention, Bucks County Plein Air Festival, 2016
First Light at Halibut Point
Oil on linen panel, 14 x 18 in. | . Private Collection
Painted during Cape Ann Plein Air 2017
Light on the Little River
Oil on linen, 14 x 18 in. | Private collection
Dawn at the Creamery
Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 in. | Private Collection
Morning at Six Mile Ranch
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in. | Private Collection
Morning, Point Loma
Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 in. | . Private Collection
Morning, Cumberland Falls
Oil on linen, 14 x 11 in. | Private collection
Cumberland Falls in southern Kentucky is a jewel of a painting location. I joined a group of local plein air artists and came up with this piece. I hoped to capture the impression of the early morning sun on the falls just as it passed above the trees and illuminated the mist and boulders downstream.
Morning on St. Mary's Lake
Oil on linen panel, 14 x 18 in. | Private Collection
Painted during Plein Air Glacier in June 2016. I had seen this view as an eight-year-old on my first trip to Glacier National Park, and I went back to see if it still struck me as powerfully as it did then. It did! I painted this near the Rising Sun picnic area on the Going to the Sun Road; to get to this spot, I had to ignore a lot of "Bear Frequenting" signs. (Don't worry, Mom. I kept that bear spray close at hand.)
Door County Road
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in. | Private Collection
Meadow in Late Summer
Oil on linen panel, 16 x 16 in. | Private Collection
Pig Pen
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 in. | Private Collection
Painted in April 2016 during the Augusta Plein Air Festival, where it won Honorable Mention. I greatly enjoyed getting to know these pigs at a farm on the Missouri River bluffs near Washington, MO.
Oaks at Sunrise
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 16 in. | Available
Sunrise Over the Missouri
Oil on linen | 12 x 16 in. | Private Collection
Best of Show & First Place Oil, 2014 Augusta Plein Air Festival
I painted this on the very last day of the Augusta Plein Air Festival in Augusta, MO. I had been waiting all week for a sunrise to break through the overcast skies, and it finally happened. I scouted out a painting location using Google Maps—I knew I wanted to paint the light hitting a bend in the Missouri River.
Sunset on Long's Peak
Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 in. | Available at the Rice Gallery of Fine Art
Painted during Plein Air Rockies 2016
Caribbean Waves
Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 in. | Private Collection
Awakening
Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 in | Private Collection
Pleasant Hill in Early Fall
Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 in. | Private Collection
Honorable Mention at the Rice Gallery of Art's First Juried Plein Air Show
Fishing at Dawn
Oil on linen, 9 x 12 in. | Private collection