Francesca Hudson appears to be enjoying herself, which is no small feat as an artist.  Francesca is in the often enviable position of making works of art that she likes and selling to people who agree with her aesthetic; the inherent joy in this comes across when you talk to Fran, she's comfortable with what she creates but not at all stagnant, she takes pleasure in mining the immense image banks of the world and finding inspiration for her works.  I'm not downplaying Francesca's angst, she has it, I don't know an artist who doesn't but she clearly has a lot of pleasure in what she does.  I'm not the kind of person with a reputation for being particularly late or early for events or social occasions; I don't go out of my way to build a reputation with regards to time-keeping and neither does my wife, I think it is a universally acknowledged rule however that It's socially weird or creepy to turn up at some one's house exactly at the prescribed minute of meeting and it was thus that we found ourselves arriving at Francesca Hudson's house on the evening of the interview. It's probably a disservice to Francesca and her sister to describe them as merely "great hosts", we were greeted with a cornucopia of beer and wine and to the olfactory fairground that was the meal being prepared.  We were able to relax and have a couple of drinks before we headed out to start the conversation "for propper" by which point we were all pretty relaxed.  The conversation picks up with Francesca talking about the construction of her studio building.....