Sharon Hudson Sharon Hudson was born in Iowa and lived there until she was eleven when her family moved to California; thus her life and her art combine the solidity of the Midwest with the vitality of the West coast. Sharon's interest in art began in early childhood. Later she studied fine arts at the University of California at Berkeley, receiving degrees in Visual Art and Psychology in 1974. Since then, Sharon has made her home in the San Francisco Bay Area, where her art has been published and exhibited since her first northern California solo exhibit in 1981.
A lifetime of travel has provided subjects for Sharon's photography and enriched her painting with ideas, patterns, colors and content. Her travel experiences include many camping trips across North America and two to Alaska. She spent five months camping across Africa, nine months teaching, studying, and traveling in Japan, six months traveling in East Asia and several long trips through Mexico and Guatemala. Sharon always travels inexpensively, mingling with the local cultures. Her travels have led her to respect the "small" but universal job of art ? to bring pleasure to daily life. Sharon hopes to provide a refuge of wholeness and sensuality, countering the disintegration and intellectualism of modern Western life.... To continue click 'Read Bio'
Chronicles: This Day in Art History Founder of "Moonglow" Magazine On July 2, 1891 Onchi Koshiro, a Japanese printmaker and poet, was born in Tokyo. Early in his career he was greatly influenced by Yumagi Takehisa, who was a painter of highly popular sentimental portraits of women. In 1914-15 he founded a magazine of poetry and woodblock prints called Tsukuhae - "Moonglow."
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