During the remainder of his childhood he lived in Yellow Springs, Ohio, as well as Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Taiwan, and Jordan.
Hudson switched to traveling for a year, going first to Senegal for six months working, with his father on a ground water project.
After a year with Ginnever he attended the newly starting California Institute of the Arts, studying with Allan Kaprow, Paul Brach, Lloyd Hamroll, and Taiji with Marshall Ho'o: receiving his BFA in 1971 and MFA in 1972.
[1][2] Hudson's first international commission was for two major large-scale stainless steel sculptures for the World Expo 88 in Brisbane, Australia.
Hudson's sculpture PARADIGM, at 100 feet high in stainless steel, was the first in the world to be designed with the help of a computer, and the first to have a computerized lighting system installed.