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Artwork details
- Medium : Watercolor on Paper
- Other details : Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
- Dimensions : 22x30in
About this artwork
Every year I drive up the west coast from LA to Seattle enjoying the scenery and taking hundreds of reference photographs. A must-stop is Mendocino, a small artist community of about 1,000 people, 155 miles north of San Francisco, 10 miles south of Fort Bragg, located on a headland surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. Founded in 1852 as a logging and fishing community, the Mendocino Art Center was formed in 1959 and the town has become home to many artists…
and several small-but-great galleries.
I’ve taken many pictures of the Mendocino Presbyterian Church on Main Street (California Historical Landmark #714) sitting high above a driftwood-covered beach where Big River meets the Pacific, hoping to get the perfect composition for a painting. But I've always come up short. This month I used Midjourney AI to generate hundreds of reference images from which I selected elements to paint "Catchin' Drifters" shown above .... a church and location that attracts driftwood and visitors alike.
I’ve taken many pictures of the Mendocino Presbyterian Church on Main Street (California Historical Landmark #714) sitting high above a driftwood-covered beach where Big River meets the Pacific, hoping to get the perfect composition for a painting. But I've always come up short. This month I used Midjourney AI to generate hundreds of reference images from which I selected elements to paint "Catchin' Drifters" shown above .... a church and location that attracts driftwood and visitors alike.
Bill Hudson
United States
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« As an artist, maritime scenes grab me, inherently providing the elements necessary for a good painting. Water adds contrast in edges, shapes, and value. Reflections guarantee compositional continuity. »
Bill Hudson is a prize-winning American artist whose paintings have been exhibited in the United States. Every one of his nautical themed compositions brings back fond memories of working the water as a child, or owning his own crab boat in San Pedro as an adult. Hudson's realistic works are created using watercolors and casein, which uses milk curds as a binder rather than gum arabic associated with watercolor and gouache.