Sherry Tseng Hill was born in Taiwan and lived there until she was a young teenager. She first picked up a paint brush when she was 7 years old and since then, had explored art in a variety of media. From calligraphy and oil pastels at an early age to pencils, pastels and oils through college and early years of her career, she finally found acrylics to suit her temperament. A few years ago, she rediscovered the joys of working in watercolor and has, since, embarked on a mission to perfect this media. Currently, she works in both acrylics and watercolor.
Educated at Rice University, Sherry earned a Bachelor or Arts in Art History and Architecture in 1980, and a Bachelor of Architecture in 1982. In addition to her studies in architecture and art history at Rice University, she also took numerous art studio classes. Recently, she studied under a number of award winning watercolor artists through the Watercolor Society of Houston's workshops and classes.
Sherry is a member of Watercolor Society of Houston and a Signature member of the National Watercolor Society. She has won numerous awards for her watercolors, including an Honorable Mention in WAS-H Annual Membership Show 2008 and WAS-H International Exhibition 2009.
Artist Statement
My lifelong love affair with art has informed the way I see the world and how I have chosen to live in it. It was the reason for my decision to go into architecture: to create art through the design of buildings and environments. Vice versa, my training in architecture and years of practice has continued to enlighten the way I see the visual world and how I create art. I cannot look at my surroundings without seeing them through color, texture, shape, form, light and dark. I am always searching for that luminosity, for that feeling of time, of space, for that opportunity to capture that moment. When I see the reflection of the blue sky in a pool of water in a very ordinary alleyway and feel a sense of utter beauty in the scene, I feel I must somehow describe that moment, record down that sensation. Art is, for me, the way to relive those moments.
