Heather Hudson

Heather Hudson is a US-based artist who uses traditional media to create artwork inspired by folklore and fairy tales. She likes making art that tells stories, and drawing mostly-amiable monsters.  The best monsters thread a ribbon of story from creator to viewer, and if it's the right story, it sticks. 

Heather entered university as an English major and segued into theater studies, eventually completing requirements for an MFA in Design for the Theatre with a costuming emphasis.  Through her personal interests in fantasy painting and small press comics, she became part of the Seattle geek-artist community in 90’s, which led to a decade or so as part of the Magic; the Gathering  freelance artist pool, and to working on collectable card games and table-top game art in general.  For some years her illustration also included art for tabletop horror RPGs, so googling for her fairy art will occasionally bring up some rather dark Lovecraftian horror as well.

The last few years have seen Heather move towards personal artwork, creating images that combine elements of traditional fantasy narrative and vision quest in a metaphorical exploration of the human mind.  With designer Daniel Gelon, she has published original Xmas cards and gift wrap inspired by Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, the Krampus of German folklore, and other weird subjects.

 She is currently working on a tarot deck for US Games Systems.