Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-04)

36 Watercolor artist | APRIL 2019

This quartet of Asian watercolor artists—from Taiwan, Myanmar, Malaysia

and Thailand—takes landscape and plein air painting to magnificent new

heights, depicting the spectacular vistas of their homelands, as well as

scenes from their international travels. These celebrated artists prove that

when it comes to watercolor appreciation, some passions are universal.

By Isabelle V. Lim

Jasmine Huang

TAIWAN

J

asmine Huang (zh-tw.facebook.com/public/Jasmine-

Huang) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts,

Taiwan Tung Hai University, in 1996 and has been painting

in watercolor since she was 22 years old. During her early

years, she taught art and had other jobs until her big

art breakthrough in 2014, when her paintings drew atten-

tion in watercolor circles. Huang never looked back and is

making her mark with her award-winning art in interna-

tional exhibitions.

FOLLOWING THE SUN

When Huang first exploded onto the art scene, she was a

floral and still life painter. Now that she travels to attend

exhibitions, she uses the opportunity to hone her plein

air skills by painting landscapes of the places she visits.

“Working en plein air provides a strong focus of expression,”

Huang’s studio in New Taipei City, Taiwan

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