lynne m hudson

I’m a hand papermaker and interdisciplinary artist. My work is built in layers — literally. Photographs printed on silk organza, laid over large handmade pulp painted paper. What you see on the surface is never the whole story, and I’m interested in what happens when you slow down long enough to look.

I make work about the people and places that get looked past. Rural communities, abandoned structures, the beauty inside decay, the memories that are disappearing along with the people who hold them. My lived experience shows up in the work — loss, place, belonging — but the real invitation is just to pay attention. To not look away from what’s complicated or melancholic or imperfect.

I grew up wanting to run barefoot in the dirt rather than show up in a pretty dress. That instinct never left. I’m still making work about what’s underneath the surface.