Art of Hudson High School

About the Artists

Elsa Carlson
I am an AP Art student and senior at Hudson High School. I also run cross country and track. In my free time I enjoy baking and reading. At Hudson I am the President of National Art Honors Society and a member of the Health and Wellness Club. I am very passionate about art and plan to major in Arts and Communications in college.

For Shatter, I wanted to express the shattering of glass compared to the emotion of anger. In I Don’t Want to Grow Up, I show contradiction through the idea that adults act like children. Broken Love emphasizes that teenage love is distracting by her broken hand.

Hunter Custer
I’m a senior at Hudson High School. I am currently taking AP Studio Art and I am in NAHS. I am also in Service Learning, which is a class where you volunteer in the community and learn about social class, acceptance, and understanding of others. I am in American Sign Language II.I want to go to Kent State University for Fashion Design.

For Joshua, I used the scratchboard in an interesting way with a technique that makes the picture look sketched. The black background and white lines make the picture look like negative space. You get a sense of tranquility yet it remains gloomy. In Logan, however, I used my younger sister. The radical perspective makes the subject look incredibly realistic. How the subject is posed s gives off a feeling of innocence, beauty. The Flapper portrays feminism.  I made the subject look edgy, but she is wearing clothes of luxury. The tone the picture is gothic and dark, but the bright background expresses hope. The emotion and textures I used  shows the oppression of women, but her clothing and the background shows her independence and freedom.

Kolbie Haines
I am a senior at Hudson High School. I am a part of the AP Art program. I am also involved in National Art Honors Society, National Honors Society, Student Government, and Sewing Club. I play soccer and lacrosse. My plans for the future are to attend college, major in Business, and minor in Art.

Faithful Light expresses how I found the light through my faith. I made Self- portrait for my mother. The radical perspective in Lounging of my sister shows her relaxing on our kitchen floor.

Rachel Robinson
My pieces are done in ink and watercolor. I have always loved art and started drawing when I was very young. I usually used colored pencil or marker when I drew in my sketchbook, but last year I worked with inks and realized a whole new medium. These pieces differ from my other art drastically as I usually draw figures in a cartoon style. With ink and watercolor, however, I can express more emotions than when I simply draw a face.

For Light, I used yellow water color along with gold acrylic paints to make the piece pop. In my art I like to incorporate some form of humanity. In this piece, I used both hand and foot prints to symbolize this. Redemption symbolizes the hold certain things have on us. I used ink handprints as the largest motif of the piece. The idea was to represent water droplets from the hand to show regret. Even the simplest things are complicated.

Rachael McKnight
As a senior at Hudson High School, I am currently in the AP art studio art program. Art has always been in my life and my plans for the future involving art are to major in Art Education and spread my passion for art with others. I also plan to get a masters in Art Therapy so I am able to help people through art. I am also in National Art Honors Society and a cheerleader.

The Stare: My idea behind this project was to show how ranges of color create shadow. I used dark colors to create black and light color to create the look of white.

Victoria Marques
I’m a senior at Hudson. I love art, food, and sports. My art is mostly abstract and extremely creative. It’s unstructured and unique. My favorite foods are bacon, popcorn, Cinna-bon, and lobster, in that order. I’m a huge fan of all New York / New Jersey teams for football, baseball, and hockey. I’m from New Jersey, and lived there most of my life. After high school I’ll go to Ohio University and further my love of art in the fine arts or graphic design.

Inked and Stemmed is a still life of flowers with an  unconventional twist of an ink medium. Never Really Surprised is a close up of my eyes and hands with my glasses on. I used oil paint to convey the rough aspect.

Kyra Willner
I am a senior and Photo Student at Hudson High School.

I love capturing and living in the moment. All my photography is taken with a 1981 35mm Film Camera. Also, I am an athlete at Hudson and have participated in cross country and lacrosse the past 3 years. My future plans involve majoring in Photography.

Phil Moore
I like art because my family has been art focused since I was little. I’m the youngest of four boys. I play football and I love it. I also run track and enjoy playing guitar. 

The Vibe was my first attempt using charcoal and if I drew someone else and it didn’t turn out well, I’d feel badly so I drew myself. Red took forever, but it’s one of my favorites. I was listening to the song “One Love” by Bob Marley when I took this picture so I thought I’d put the lyrics in it. String Ladder Self started as a contour self portrait, but I lost control and it turned into an experiment.

Paige Mollison
I love art and math. I also play tennis on Hudson’s varsity team. I plan on attending a college where I can study architecture, industrial design, or engineering. I’m a big University of Michigan fan and I love watching a good football game. I’m excited to continue working on my art work as I grow older.

The Shades of Me is one of my first acrylic paintings, as well as a first attempt at this style. I had never tried an abstract approach to a self portrait. It was fun experimenting with color and I’m looking forward to trying it again. In Sitting Until It’s Gone I tried perspective drawing for the first time and I really like the way it turned out. I like the way things looked out of proportion just from looking at life from a different angle.