|by Barbara Pavan| For Allison Hudson, art is a vocation, an innate talent, a conscious choice — and, above all, a calling. A calling she tried to elude for many years, seeking more “practical” paths, but which ultimately proved inescapable. The creative avenues she had pursued up to that point had felt like compromises, partial attempts to satisfy a deeper need. It was only after a long and unintended hiatus from artistic practice that Hudson recognized her true path: to create art, and to fully embrace that part of herself. Her research manifests itself through the relentless exploration of materials. Each work is born as an act of experimentation, an…