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“These works are essentially the result of my wanting to try out some new ideas and work with materials I don’t normally use. I had a subject, and was looking for an interesting way to make strong colour work well both aesthetically and physically with willow charcoal. To bring colour to the drawings I used oil paint,water colour paint, and various pastels and crayons, all of these worked well with the soft charcoal.
The process of making art is often full of surprise and disguise, you can head off in a certain direction, then discover the real truth in what you are doing will surface later, sometimes much later. An artist must develop a bullet proof trust in, and have an unwavering faith that art won’t let him or her down. The union of well made art, and luck, invariably brings a subjective experience to both maker and viewer, and both can be taken on a voyage to somewhere where neither have been before. Although the subject of these works is based on The Great Barrier Reef, and talk about it’s natural beauty, scale, mystery, wonder and history, the pieces did not begin life as overt environmental or political statements, but that is surely what they have evolved into… how could they not…
Its heartbreaking to witness the obvious deep trouble our precious Reef is in, it is even more heartbreaking to know it’s safety does not seem to be a priority for those who can make the necessary moves to help protect it.” Peter Hudson 2017.
BORN 1950 Townsville, Australia
STUDIES
1972-75 Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
1976-80 Jewellery Apprenticeship, Brisbane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Life is No Way To Treat An Animal. Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery. Sydney, NSW.
2014 The Elephant in the Room. Woolloongabba Art Gallery. Brisbane. QLD.
2013 Landscape and the Moon. Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery. Sydney, NSW.
2012 From Glasshouse to Cooktown. Woolloongabba Art Gallery. Brisbane, QLD.
2010 Twenty Two over Sixty. Arts Park Australia, Mt. Mellum, QLD.
2009 New Works (Peter Hudson) Neo Gallery. Brisbane, QLD.
2007 Peter Hudson Paintings. Neo Gallery. Brisbane, QLD.
2006 Ownership, 40th Anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off. N.T. Caloundra Region Gallery, QLD.
2005 Peter Hudson, Recent Works. Neo Gallery. Brisbane, QLD.
2002 Peter Hudson Paintings/ Drawings. Lasting Impressions Gallery. Kenilworth, QLD.
2001 New Works (Peter Hudson) ASN Gallery. Sydney, NSW.
2000 On His Selection (Inaugural Exhibition) Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD.
1997 Artist in Residence Exhibition. (Jewellery) Mulgara Gallery. Uluru, N.T.
1995 Artist in Residence Exhibition. (Jewellery) Mulgara Gallery. Uluru, N.T.
1992 Peter Hudson Paintings and Drawings. Impact Art Gallery. Maleny, QLD.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 East Coast Encounter. Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery. NSW. Gold Coast City Gallery. QLD. Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2015 Dog Show. Woolloongabba Art Gallery. Brisbane, QLD.
2015 Tattersalls Art Prize. Brisbane, QLD.
2014 Tattersalls Art Prize. Brisbane, QLD.
2014 Drawn In. Woolloongabba Art Gallery. Brisbane, QLD.
2014 East Coast Encounter. National Maritime Museum. Sydney, NSW.
2013 Paul Kelly and the Portraits. National Portrait Gallery. Canberra, ACT.
2011 Landmarks, Impressionsof the Glasshouse Mountains. Caboolture Regional Gallery, QLD.
2011 Tattersalls Art Prize. Brisbane, QLD.
2011 New Faces, New Stories. National Portrait Gallery. Canberra, ACT.
2010 Tattersalls Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD.
2009 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. (winner) Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2008 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. (finalist) Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2007 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. (finalist) Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2007 Archibald Prize (finalist) Art Gallery of NSW.
2006 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. (finalist) Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2004 Images of the Glasshouse Mountains. Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2001 Tattersalls Art Prize. Brisbane, QLD.
1999 Cintra Gallery Brisbane, QLD.
1996 Direct Sun. Noosa Regional Gallery. QLD.
COLLECTIONS
National Portrait Gallery. Canberra, ACT.
National Maritime Museum. Sydney, NSW.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Darwin, NT.
Warrnambool Art Gallery. Warrnambool, VIC.
Queensland Teachers’ Union Collection (G. A. Daughtrey Art Bequest) Brisbane, QLD.
Parliament House Queensland. Brisbane, QLD.
Moreton Bay Regional Council Collection. QLD.
Sunshine Coast Regional Council Collection. QLD.
University of the Sunshine Coast. QLD.
Ken Hinds Cultural Collection.
AWARDS
1978 Jewellery Award. Kangaroo Point College of TAFE. Brisbane QLD.
1997 Caloundra Arts Festival. Drawing/Mixed Media .(winner)
1998 Maleny Art Award. (winner open Award)
1999 Maleny Art Award. (winner Painting Award)
2001 Caloundra Art Festival. (winner open Award)
2005 West Pac/Mt. Olivert ‘Reflections of Life’ Art Prize. (winner)
2008 Mayor’s Prize. Kenilworth. QLD. (winner)
2009 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. QLD. (winner)
Harvey Galleries was founded by the Harvey family in 1994 with an eye to establish a dynamic and inclusive contemporary art space on the North Shore of Sydney. For almost three decades we have expanded our reach to over three gallery locations and an ever expanding stable of the best artists Australia has to offer.
Harvey Galleries acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which our galleries stand. The Guringai people (Seaforth), the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation (Sydney), and the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation (Melbourne).
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