About
Apples in Still Life (2016)
Gloria Tseng Fischer's discovery of art was formed by her early fond memories of her mom sketching and demonstrating “how to paint an elephant” while explaining the elephant’s physical attributes. During high school, she discovered a love for visual editing, while cutting mats for school exhibitions of student artworks. While pursuing a master’s degree in Architecture, she honed the habit of visual editing by keeping a sketch log of the buildings she saw in her environment.
In recording immediate impressions of her surroundings, she employed a technique of visual editing where portions of her subject matter are left to the viewer to complete. Gloria’s watercolors reflect this approach of leaving out “paint” and challenging the viewer to fill in the blanks. The white of the paper is the background and the chiaroscuro of the painting. It is the duality of this classical technique that projects both three dimensionality and emotion into Gloria’s watercolors. She paints with brush, without prior pencil sketch, directly on hot press watercolor paper. Her mastery of the watercolor medium results in accurate but explosively loose depiction of her subject. This mastery has thus been recognized by numerous regional and local art competition awards and inclusion in curated exhibitions.
Awards
Apple Story (2023) Memorial Award in honor of Jung Lea Smith: 2023 Potomac Valley Watercolorists: Green Springs Gardens “Art in Bloom” Exhibition
Coffee in Zimbabwe (2023) Merit award: Laurel Art Guild 54th (2023) Annual Open Juried Exhibition. Exhibited in Montpelier Arts Center
White Onions (2022) awarded Third place: Maryland Federation of Art: Food for Thought 2022. Exhibited in MFA’s Curved Gallery
Spent Valentine (2020) awarded 2022 Honorable Mention: 2022 Potomac Valley Watercolorists: Green Springs Gardens “Emergence” Exhibition
Oranges for J Albers (2020) awarded 2021 Honorable Mention: 2021 Baltimore Watercolor Society Signature Member Exhibition: Strathmore Mansion
End of a Workday (2018) awarded 2018 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Award in 2018 Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition
Van Gogh Sunflowers (2016) awarded 2018 Second Place: Still Life in Montgomery Art Association: Creative Expressions
Boy (2017) awarded 2017 Second Place: Portrait in Montgomery Art Association: Creative Expressions
Iris (2014) awarded 2015 First Place: Still Life in Montgomery Art Association: Creative Expressions
Girl (2015) awarded 2015 Honorable Mention: Portrait in Montgomery Art Association: Creative Expressions
Leek, Onions, & Garlic (2014) awarded 2014 First Place: Still Life in Montgomery Art Association: Creative Expressions
Beets (2013) awarded 2013 Honorable Mention in Culinary Art Show at Friendship Heights Village Center
Sunflowers (2013) awarded 2013 Honorable Mention: Still Life in Montgomery Art Association: Creative Expressions
Organization
Potomac Valley Watercolorists, Member: 2019 - Present
Baltimore Watercolor Society, Signature Member: 2017 - Present
Maryland Federation of Art, Member: 2017 - Present
Montgomery Art Association, Member: 2012 - Present
City of Takoma Park, Arts & Humanities Commission, Board Member: 2017 - 2021 (Vice Chair 2020-2021)
Arts on the Block, Board Member: 2011 - 2015