ANN McLAREN HODGSON

ANN McLAREN HODGSON 

 "So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it."

Aaron Copland

There are various pieces of music on my site, please click once to play, this may take a few seconds..............                                                                                                                                     

I was born in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, and my love affair with music began at an early age having been encouraged by my Father to study both violin and piano. I was extremely fortunate to gain a place at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester, and prior to this I played in the East Riding Youth Orchestra for four years. After education my life took on a series of unexpected twists and turns which ultimately led to new experiences and new ideas. 

With no formal training I began painting flowers, still life and local landscapes. In 1991 I moved to Nottinghamshire. This became a turning point. Having already discovered the work of Kandinsky and Klimt, I started experimenting with colour, and form, and soon found that by painting to music my work took on a more vibrant appearance with a sense of rhythm and movement. Eager to pursue this I listened to the same music on repeat until the painting was finished. My geometric style emerged and now each painting does represent a particular piece of music: an interpretation of how I see and feel the piece at the time. A copious amount of gold ink is often used to illuminate some of the more sombre and flatter colours and to infuse an exotic intensity with varying degrees of texture.

My solo 'Geometrics' exhibitions in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire have been extremely successful and my work is also shown and sold at various other locations in the UK including the NEC Birmingham, and Chester.