Because of the transitory nature of my life currently, many times Mr. Forager and I will purposely seek out coffee shops, art openings, and pubs merely for the opportunity to interact face to face with other people.  Baltimore based artist Laura Hudson takes such opportunities a few steps further, cultivating events in order to draw people together, observe their scenes of interaction, then distilling selected scenes as life-scale paintings.

 In her series “Art Opening“, the artist took images from other events which were put into life-size paintings that would serve as a framework for new interactions with viewers who then become a part of the composition simply by observing.

To see more of Laura Hudson’s work, please visit her website.  She is an artist in residence at Gallery Four in Baltimore.

 Artist found via New American Paintings.  All images are via the artist’s website.