HOOSIER ART SALON & STORIES OF THE SALON

Qiang Huang is an oil painter and art educator living near Austin, Texas. He is a signature member of Olmsted Plein Air (OPA) and has had many paintings featured in juried OPA exhibitions. His work has been featured in many art magazines and he’s participated in several plein air painting competitions where he’s won many awards. Huang holds a doctorate in physics, has developed computer tools for artists and also teaches workshops internationally.

Huang’s awards include “Artists’ Choice” at En Plein Air Texas, 2019; “Best Sense of Mystery” and “Best Paint Quick” at Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, 2022; and “Best Architecture” at Wayne Plein Air Festival, 2022. His work has been published in American Artist Workshop magazine, summer, 2009; Southwest Art magazine, March, 2011; The Artist Magazine, April, 2014; and Pratique des Arts, Sept., 2014.

Wagner is a designated master pastelist in the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and holds master circle status in the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS). She is a member of Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the Degas Pastel Society, American Women Artists and the Great Lakes Pastel Society. Her work has been published in Pastel Journal, the Fine Art Connoisseur magazine and PleinAir Magazine, which featured her painting on its cover. She loves to teach and has been a Plein Air Convention faculty members in 2016-17, 2019, 2022-23.

Wagner’s paintings can be found in corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe, and she is represented by four fine art galleries in the Midwest. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Art, Wagner owned an award-winning advertising agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan, before “seeing the light” and becoming a full-time artist.