Bill Hudson worked as a commercial artist and screen printer for over twenty years.  He started out his artistic career as a musical instrument maker, building over 50 instruments including flutes, harps, Appalachian dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, and African mbiras.  He then moved into graphic design, specializing in handprinted silkscreen posters and designs that included Alaskan Native motifs.

Bill also worked for many years as a theatrical designer for Juneau's Preseverance Theater, and directed and produced numerous original productions, specializing in family-oriented theater.  In 1994, he founded the Pagosa Pretenders Family Theater to promote the involvement of whole families in creating original plays.