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Ensomhet (Loneliness) (2020) Painting by Kelley Hudson

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Ironically I relocated back to the United States from living in Scandinavia for quite some time just a few weeks before the pandemic lockdowns began. I was still staying with my parents in Southern California in what increasingly felt like a hellish hot cesspool and I could not return to Scandinavia because of the pandemic.... I was trapped. So I began[...]
Ironically I relocated back to the United States from living in Scandinavia for quite some time just a few weeks before the pandemic lockdowns began. I was still staying with my parents in Southern California in what increasingly felt like a hellish hot cesspool and I could not return to Scandinavia because of the pandemic.... I was trapped. So I began to paint one of the places I missed the most, Norway. I decided to paint the home I wish I hadn't left and the gaping loneliness I felt waiting to go back. I painted the street empty and white, almost like it had never been touched by humans even though the street is obviously a shopping street. Everything is closed, everyone is gone. The buildings crushing in on the viewer; the solitude and silence that was once so beautiful slowly becoming overwhelming.
As I continued to work for the length of the pandemic (up until about 2 weeks ago) I felt an increasing sense of loss and homesickness, so I decided to paint the buildings at the end of the street as though they weren't attainable... like they were too far to walk to. I wanted this to echo the feeling one has when they have a "traveling dream" or a dream when the dreamer has a task they need to perform but they just can't get there.
I titled it "Ensomhet" or Loneliness in Norwegian. I felt that, because this painting was created at the loneliest moments of my life, it should carry that name.

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Kelley Hudson
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To make a single statement as an artist is to ignore exactly what art and creativity are all about. To be an artist is to be a person in love with their own, private evolution. To change and feel change is[...]

To make a single statement as an artist is to ignore exactly what art and creativity are all about. To be an artist is to be a person in love with their own, private evolution. To change and feel change is inherently what being creative is all about.. My art and my art career  has reflected this sentiment completely. I long to explore human nature and what it’s like to be a human, in a fixed time in space, but in a universe that is constantly shifting and evolving. What living a life with this vast historical knowledge inside us is for and how we can use it and art to change our trajectory for the better. 

Much of my art explores the ideas behind class and social warfare as well as poverty and vulnerability. My work aims to center itself somewhere between community enhancement and equitable conversation and I tend to speak out against overreaching wealth and power. I am ever involved in the community effort and make art that I hope will impact the inequalities and separations within our country. Making art that brings about positive connection is essentially what I strive for as a creative. 

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