WARSAW — The first public mural in Warsaw will be officially unveiled and recognized during First Friday’s “Art-tober” event on Friday. Robert Hudson, an artist from Mentone, was commissioned by the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council to paint the mural. The artwork, located adjacent to The Vic at 110 Craft Meatery, depicts the courthouse and Center …read more.

By Darla McCammon Last week, we introduced you to an artist who has led a very interesting life. Robert Hudson had big dreams as a boy. He eventually followed that “itch” and left his home in Indiana and moved out west, where he became a rodeo fan, cowboy and rancher for 20 years. His artistic …read more.

By Darla McCammon I first met Robert Hudson when he had his wonderful gallery in Winona Lake. He had recently returned from 20 years spent in Idaho on a ranch. From his rodeo days until now, Hudson has built on his experiences to create meaningful and beautiful artwork. I have watched his career and talent …read more.

Robert Hudson works on a mural in an alley in downtown Warsaw on Tuesday, Aug. 20. InkFreeNews photos by Dan Spalding. WARSAW — Robert Hudson is working on his 30th mural in Indiana and said he’s excited to finally be doing one in Warsaw, where he graduated from high school in 1971. The 66-year-old, who …read more.

WARSAW — A student-led beautification effort is underway in the downtown. Members of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, a group that was established last year as a way to get young people involved in bettering the city, is seeking to have a mural painted on a downtown building. Three members of the group,  Jacob Kissling, …read more.

MENTONE — A scruffy, barely-trimmed beard and bow-legged swagger work in concert with the raspy voice of a cowboy to create a persona that seems more likely to arm wrestle a grizzly bear than delicately paint the individual wisps of hair on a medieval hero’s portrait. It is this contrast — this paradox — that …read more.

MENTONE — Take a rugged horse rancher and competition rodeo roper out of his canyons of color in an Idaho environment and thrust him into the Midwest in a little town in Indiana, where the land is plain and flat for farming and what happens? Those memories of a colt scampering down a gully in front …read more.

MENTONE — Take a rugged horse rancher and competition rodeo roper out of his canyons of color in an Idaho environment and thrust him into the Midwest in a little town in Indiana, where the land is plain and flat for farming and what happens? Those memories of a colt scampering down a gully in front …read more.

PIERCETON — Local artist, Robert A. Hudson, will demonstrate his mountain scenery technique beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at Lakeland Art Gallery, 107 N. First St., Pierceton. This event is free and open to the public. The presentation will be hosted by Lakeland Art Association as their monthly program. Hudson is known primarily for …read more.

By JENNIFER CAUDILL Warsaw Artist Forum Robert Hudson led the Artist Forum monthly meeting in April. He spoke about his art career and the obstacles he had to rise above to become a great artist. Unlike many well-known artists, Hudson didn’t have family connections to give him guidance along the way. “During my childhood, fine …read more.

Robert Hudson has turned the side of a building in Mentone into a work of art and, upon seeing the colorful scene, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Hudson actually is an accomplished artist. Reader Steve Rogers alerted StaceyPageOnline.com to the developing story and even went out of his way to do an impromptu …read more.