52nd National Catalog

52nd National Exhibition Judge Hiu Lai Chong

HIU LAI CHONG is an oil painter who uses vivid colors and sensitive brushstrokes to express mood and feeling in her paintings. She is inspired by the people she meets, the history and cultures she encounters, and the beauty of nature all around her. Her work often includes unique compositions with a refreshing variety of subject matter. Her paintings have been collected by museums, featured in newspapers, magazine covers and books. Her awards include the prestigious Landscape Painting Award of Excellence from Oil Painters of America’s National Exhibition, Plein Air Easton Grand Prize and Artist’s Choice Awards, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Museum Purchase Award, the Laguna Plein Air Collector’s Choice

Award, the Maui Plein Air and En Plein Air Texas Best in Show, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and Southwest Art Magazine’s awards for the “Artist for the New Century”, and the Portrait Society of America’s International Portrait Competition Certificate of Excellence. Hiu Lai is a signature member of Oil Painters of America, American Society of Marine Artists, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association and artist member of California Art Club and the Washington Society of Landscape Painters. Currently she enjoys teaching workshops when not painting on location or in her studio in Rockville, Maryland.

See more of Hiu Lai’s work at www.hiulaichong.com.

Hiu Lai Chong Boatyard Glow

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