Delpha Hudson
Delpha Hudson (b. surrey 1963) lives and works in West Cornwall. Informed by her experiences of motherhood she has developed a painting and performative practice that layers mythology, literature, historical research and invites us to consider our deeper connections to ecology and care.
Delpha uses a colourful visual language with a lyrical medievalesque vernacular that has a vivid narrative function. Idealised archetypes move, gesture and tell stories in surreal landscapes and historical patterns that are filled with multitudes of figures and hybrid creatures. They tell stories about empathy and value, recognising the significant role that women play and have played in caring for humanity and the natural world around them.
Painting can create extraordinary spaces that register presence. Strange fictions act as a strong identification with the human condition. Exploring female experience through carnivalesque juxtapositions, Delpha satirizes hierarchies that have confined and contained women and aims to create new conversations about our collective responsibility to each other, the natural world around us, and our potential for transformation.
Selected by curator Dr Matt Retallick for Longya at Tremenheere Gallery & shown at Falmouth Painting Platform 2025
A common treasury for all, acrylic on canvas, 200x180cm, 2023 Shown at Right to Roam, Fish Factory 2024
Shown at Between Earth and Sky, Stroud, 2023
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Work on paper
There is new work on paper every week and they are for sale. Do get in touch
Older paintings that use bitumen as a conceptual medium
Read about the ideas behind these paintings
Feral Mothers performance collaboration with Helen Sargeant.
Performance, film and installation projects
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