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About Me
Artist's Bio
My Curriculum Vitae
My Curriculum Vitae
Hyonsuk Seifert is a Visual Artist, originally from Seoul, Korea, and currently residing in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Her medium of choice is watercolor, for its immediacy and spontaneity which she feels is a perfect match conceptually for children’s portraiture. Her focus is on depicting a naturalistic style by capturing a person’s genuine mood and candid gestures.
Hyonsuk has early retired from 30 years of a successful career in Retail/First Mortgage Banking with many awards in high production and achievement. After retiring from her career and raising the children, she started her first art class at Tidewater Community College. She quickly immersed herself in the art world by volunteering as the President & Chair for a local art group, Southside Artist’s Association (SAA) in Chesapeake, Virginia in both 2017 & 2018. As the president of SAA, she co-curated all the group art shows and sales, each year and led the group through exciting, fun, and successful exhibitions. Also, during her tenure with SAA, the group implemented the Fund Raising for Art Scholarship to benefit the local high school, art students. As a member of the Suffolk Art League in 2018, her artwork “A child is a Child of Everyone” won a Juror’s Choice, and her “Hope Never Drowns” was recognized as “Honorable Mention” in the SAA Juried show in 2018. Her latest work “The Protector”, is currently being exhibited in Florida Watercolor Society’s 2021 annual online exhibition. Hyonsuk continues to thrive in learning and working in the watercolor medium, constantly looking for more ways to express ideas and inspiration.
My Curriculum Vitae
My Curriculum Vitae
My Curriculum Vitae
Education
2021 AAA in Studio Arts
Tidewater Community College, Presidential Honors, Deans List, Phi Theta Kappa
2018 Kathleen Conover Watercolor Workshop, VA
2018 David R Becker Watercolor Workshop, NC
2018 Member of Cairo Art Group-Monitored Tutelage, Virginia Beach, VA
2018 Sumi-e Japanese Brush Painting Workshop-Botanical Gardens, Norfolk, VA
2018 City of Suffolk Watercolor Workshop
Co-Curatorial Projects
2018 Town Bank Bi-Annual Show (May 26, 2018). Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
Lighthouse Pointe Annual Show. Southside Artists Association (Nov 2018). Chesapeake, VA
Town Bank Bi-annual Show & Sale (July 21, 2018). Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
National Home & Garden Expo 2018 (Jan 26-28, 2018). Virginia Beach, VA
Town Bank Scholarship Fundraising Exhibition (Sept 28, 2018). Chesapeake, VA
First Colonial Inn Exhibition. Virginia Beach, VA
2017 Wells Fargo Advisory-Dominion Towers (June 15, 2017). Southside Artists Association. Norfolk, VA
Town Bank Bi-Annual Show. Southside Artists Association (July 22, 2017). Chesapeake, VA
Great Bridge Battlefield Waterway Heritage Fest (Sept). Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
Lighthouse Pointe Annual Show. Southside Artists Association (Aug 20, 2017). Chesapeake, VA
Town Bank Bi-annual Show and Sale. Southside Artists Association (Oct 28, 2017). Chesapeake, VA
Artist Exhibitions
2023 "Welcome to Our World" Florida SunCoast Watercolor Society Members Open 40th Anniversary Aqueous Exhibition (Feb 28th -Mar 31, 2023)-Selected & Juried
ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2022 "Rhythm of the Rain" Florida Watercolor Society Annual Online Show-Selected & Juried.
2021 "The Protector" Florida Watercolor Society Annual Online Show-Selected & Juried.
2018 Suffolk Art League Annual Show-Selected & Juried. Suffolk, VA
Town Bank Bi-Annual Art Show. Southside Artists Association. Juried. Chesapeake, VA
Town Bank Bi-Annual Art Show & Sale. Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
Suffolk-Nansemond Academy Annual Art Show & Sale. Invitation Only. Suffolk, VA
Lighthouse Pointe Annual Art Show. Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
First Colonial Inn Exhibition. Southside Artists Association. Virginia Beach, VA
National Home & Garden Expo 2018 Annual Art Show. “Artist Alley”. Virginia Beach, VA
2017 Wells Fargo Advisory-Dominion Towers Art Show. Juried. Southside Artists Association. Norfolk, VA
Suffolk Art League Annual Show. Juried. Suffolk, VA
Town Bank Bi-Annual Art Show. Juried. Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
Town Bank Bi-Annual Art Show & Sale. Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
Town Bank Fundraising Art Exhibition, Chesapeake, VA
Lighthouse Pointe Annual Art Show. Juried. Southside Artists Association. Chesapeake, VA
Great Bridge Battlefield Waterway Heritage Fest. Chesapeake, VA
Chesapeake Central Library. Chesapeake, VA
Professional Experience
2018-Present Owner/Founder. Earthenrain.com
2018 Co-President, Southside Artists Association, Chesapeake, VA
2017 Co-President, Southside Artists Association, Chesapeake, VA
Awards and Recognition
2019 – 2021 Presidential Honor Roll, Dean’s List. Tidewater Community College, VA
2019 – Indefinitely. Phi Theta Kappa Society Member
2018 Juror’s Choice -Suffolk Annual Themed Art Show. Juried
2018 Honorable Mention. Town Bank Annual Art Show. Juried by Christine Chzasz
2018 Initiated, voted by members, and implemented Art Scholarship Fund program for the benefit of local high school.
Associations
2019 to present, Florida Watercolor Society, Member
2022 to present, Florida SunCoast Watercolor Soriety, Member
2021 Pasco Fine Arts Council, Member
2020 Lutz Community Art Group, Member
2018 Virginia Watercolor Society
2018 Suffolk Art League
2018 Cairo Art Group
2017 Southside Artists Association
2018 Suffolk Art League
2018 Southside Artists Association
2017 Paint for Fun Art Group
Artist's Statement
My Curriculum Vitae
Artist's Statement
My primary choice, the watercolor medium is immediate and spontaneous, a perfect fit for children’s portraiture. I focus on capturing their candid gestures and moods in a naturalistic style. My technique and process of painting are done in any which way that will give me good results. Often, I use wet-in-wet, splattering, mingling, scratching, gradation work, and masking.
I pay special attention to the intensity in hues, and values, to match the content of my work which is the emotion of my subject.
I have been inspired by the work of John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, and Van Gogh in their loose way of brush strokes which create a dreamlike and mesmerizing feeling in their work. I also love and respect the work of modern watercolorists like Uday Bhan, Thomas Schaller, and Joseph Zbukvic. Their mastery skills and representational aspect in both landscape and portrait work have also impacted me in my work. They remind me to have each brushstroke count or paint shapes rather than focusing on details of an object or a building. Painting the children is an inspiring, fun, and exciting process of capturing the transparency of their innocence. My art captures the childhood spirit within an art form before their adult life takes over.
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