Bring Me Home Chesapeake Bay Painting By Hui Lai Chong

Stunning Framed Oil on Canvass by renowned and award winning Maryland-based artist Hiu Lai Chong of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Facing Westward entitled Bring Me Home. How Hiu Lai Chong captures the light reflecting from the waves is absolutely breathtaking and her technique and perspective are masterful. This is an original painting and captures the Artist’s first and best impressions of the epic scenery she so vividly captured. 30 by 17 1/2. Here is the Artist’s own rendition of painting it. (1) when you painted it (date, time of day). (2) what inspired the painting. I was inspired by the dramatic light and color over the Bay Bridge. (3) how long it took you to paint. I checked the forecast for the sunset time the day before and arrived at the scene in the late afternoon. I started sketching-in the main composition and waited until the light moved on the bridge, I started working on the glowing lights and work my way through until it got dark. I checked the painting the next day and made sure everything looked okay in normal lighting. (4) where you painted it and whether still photography was used. I painted by the Hemingway’s restaurant near the Bay Bridge, no photography was used. But I did take a lot of photos as a reference for future use on larger studio paintings. (5) any other details about the work you think are noteworthy or otherwise worth mentioning. It was quiet a windy and active day and I was amazed that some brave sailors came out to race. I’m also amazed how fast a distant tanker moved across and under the bridge. More about the Artist. Hiu Lai Chong is an oil painter who uses vivid colors and sensitive brushstrokes to express mood and feeling in her subjects. She received her early art training in Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her paintings have won numerous awards. In 2012, Hiu Lai received the Grand Prize and Artist’s Choice Award at Plein Air Easton, Maryland. She was featured in the November issue of Plein Air Magazine by Editor-in-Chief Steve Doherty. In 2016, She received Certificate of Excellence award from International Portrait Competition by Portrait Society of America. Hiu Lai is an artist member of the California Arts Club, Portrait Society of America, Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America, the American Society of Marine Artists and Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painter Association, Laguna Plein Air Painter Association, and member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters. Hiu Lai’s artwork has been collected by Anhui Provincial Museum, China, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas and have been exhibited in museums across the country: Autry Museum CA, Laguna Art Museum, Academy Museum of Art in Easton, MD, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Albin Polasek Museum, FL, Coos Art Museum Coos Bay, OR, the Maritime Museum of Curacao, Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, Florida, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, Museum of the Southwest Midland, Texas, The Haggin Museum Stockton, CA, Minnesota Marine Art Museum Winona, MN She has been featured in articles in Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Southwest Art, Elan Magazine, HillRag and was included in the 100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic book. Hiu Lai Chong Selected Awards & Exhibitions. 2019 Grand Prize, EnPleinAir Texas, San Angelo, TX. Artist’s Choice, Best of Chesapeake Bay, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD. 2018 Best Painting by a Maryland Artist, Plein Air Easton, MD-Awarded by Jill Carver. 2017-Fine Art Connousseur and Southwest Art Magazine Award, Artist for the New Century, Bennington Center for the Arts. 2016 First Place Award, Bucks County Plein Air Festival Quick Draw, Newtown, PA. 2016 Certificate of Excellence, International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America. 2016 California Art Club 105rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, Autry Museum of Amer. 2015 Best in Show, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, Lahaina, Maui. 2015 Best Nocturne Award, Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta, GA. Awarded by David Brenneman, Anne Blair Brown & Steve Doherty. 2014 First Place Award, Artistic Excellence Art Competition, Southwest Art Magazine. 2014 Solo Show, Memorable Moments, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD. 2014 California Art Club 103rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry National Center. 2013 The Padma Group Award, Laguna Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach CA. 2013 Best Figure in the Landscape, October/November, Plein Air Salon. 2012 Grand Prize and Artist’s Choice Awards, Plein Air Easton. 2012 Best in Show, Mountain Maryland Plein Air, Cumberland, MD. 2011 First Place, Washington Society of Landscape Painters. 2011 People’s Choice, Paint Annapolis, Annapolis MD. 2011 Third Place, Quick Draw, North Bennington Plein Air Competition, VT. 2011 Third Place, Quick Draw, Plein Air Easton, Easton MD, 2011. 2011 First Place, Paint It, Ellicott City MD. 2011 Grand Prize, Easels in Frederick, Frederick MD. 2011 – First Place, Quick Draw, Cranford Plein Air, Cranford NJ. 2011 Best in Show-Mountain Maryland Plein Air, Cumberland MD. 2010 First Place -Washington Society of Landscape Painters 97th Annual Awards Show. 2010 Best in Show – Annual Paint Annapolis Show, Annapolis, MD. 2010 – 3rd Place Award – North Bennington Plein Air Competition. 2010 American Society of Marine Artists exhibitions at: Biggs Museum of American Art. The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts & the Buffalo Naval Park Museum. 2010 Solo show, Spotlight Gallery at VisArts. 2009 Plein Air Easton – National Juried Competition, Easton, MD. 2009 Riverbend Plein Air – Great Falls, VA 2nd Place Award. 2008 Best Maryland Artist, Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD.