hudson originalspaintings by pam hudson, provincetown, ma cape cod
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Artist's Statement
Imagined reality.
Memories, reflections,
Interior spaces,
Boundries between inner and outer worlds erased.
My philosophy of painting is the antithesis of Hawthorne’s (although I love his work!). I do not paint what I see in the world around me. The real world is too breathtakingly beautiful, and sorrowful, and ALIVE and ever-changing to even want to capture a piece of it. My paintings come instead from an inner world, from fleeting images from dreams and memories. I call it “imagined reality”.
And unlike those who explore distilling real-world images to their essence, whether planes of light, areas of color or pure line, I seek to grab onto a shadow or partially formed mental image and to coax it out into the real world, painting details that I cannot see, but that I know should be there.
I seek to express strong feelings, psychological explorations and deeply held beliefs. Several of my works address the position of women in society, whether stereotyped as “nurturer” or “seductress” or demeaned by male-dominated religion. Others explore fear, loneliness, isolation or hope.
My objective is to bring what is on the inside out. I believe that all people are essentially the same – motivated by the same feelings. So, if I am able to express what is inside of me, hopefully it will touch someone else, perhaps in a place they may have feared to go before.
Young Miss Maki
Oil on Canvas
36 x 24