{"id":2,"date":"2008-03-11T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T05:31:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-12T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T17:42:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my blog and gallery.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>About me<br><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/in-the-studio-102812\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio&mdash;10\/28\/12<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>I am from the American Midwest so, of course, I&rsquo;m a hayseed. My favorite expression is <em>golly<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Except for some disappointing time in art school, I&rsquo;ve avoided colleges and teaching, consequentially I&rsquo;ve had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/thomas-hudson-cv-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">variety of jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/in-the-studio-12-16-12\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio 12.16.12<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>Artist&rsquo;s statement<br><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>We live in the best possible time for art! Every day I read about another artist redefining the meaning of art, or redefining the redefinition. <em>Golly!<\/em><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/on-the-easel-1613\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">On the Easel 1\/6\/13<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>About the blog<br><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>I use my blog to write about the nuts and bolts of art making. I also discuss art history and other stuff but art making is the focus.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/in-the-studio-1-27-13\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio 1.27.13<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Podcast page:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turpentine.libsyn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/turpentine.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/on-the-easel-feb-10-2013\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">On the Easel Feb. 10, 2013<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>YouTube page:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-Jbp1VipnsTbOzLmCuOUnw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-Jbp1VipnsTbOzLmCuOUnw<\/a><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/in-the-studio-2172013\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio 2\/17\/2013<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/gallery-2\/oils-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The online gallery is roughly organized by date, although most of my work is not yet online<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/in-the-studio-332013\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio 3\/3\/2013<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/in-the-studio-3102013\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio 3\/10\/2013<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can contact me through the site<\/a> or email me at tom@thomasparkerhudson.com.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/in-the-studio-31713\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio 3\/17\/13<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/buy-artwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are you inquiring about where you can purchase&nbsp;the&nbsp;artwork displayed here?<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>If you have a question about the site, you can email the administrator: &nbsp;admin@thomaspakrerhudson.com.<\/p>\r\n<div 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