GARY TUCKER - FINE ARTIST
PROFILE
Gary started to make art his life path while still in high school under life long mentor Anita Fahs. Eventually Gary was drawn east to Boston where he met Professor Kaji Aso at the SMFA. Professor Aso introduced eastern aesthetics, Calligraphy and Sumi painting. Gary graduated to the media of watercolor and found he could achieve more subtlety, power, and expressiveness in his painting.
"Through the media of watercolor and my process of painting I find power through brushwork, and subtlety through transparency."
"Watercolor differs from other media in that there is a performance aspect to it. The fine pieces come out in one sitting and very often like a classic performance, something happens, a fusion of mind and subject, an improvisation that cannot be duplicated" -
-Gary Tucker
ON ART, THE ARTIST, AND EDUCATION
What is the place of the artist in society? I feel the artist to be caretaker of the heart. Human beings have empathy for each other, for other creatures, even for plants. The artist values this empathy. This empathy leads them to the heart of human beings, and the artist seek s to move the hearts of others through their artwork.
To communicate through any media we need to understand how employ our craft. We learn this through immersion. We study nature, we look to the great art of our predecessors, we train our eyes, our ears, our mind, and our heart, to become more perceptive more sensitive that we may say something more. A good teacher will emphasize the fundamentals until the student becomes the artist. The fundamentals are constant through every culture every medium and every masterpiece.
EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON — BFA - 1982
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
20 years experience teaching watercolor through my studio and workshops national and international
AFFILIATIONS
Copley Society - Artist Member
American Watercolor Society - Artist Member
New England Watercolor Society - - Signature Member
Rockport Art Association - Artist Member
North Shore Art Association - Artist Member
Salamagundi Club Artist Member
AWARDS / JURIED SHOWS
2023
Cape Ann Plein Air Honorable Mention
Judged by Tim Newton
Plein Air Easton Third place for“Timbers “
Judged by Master Jove Wang
Juror of Selection and Awards 3 Rivers Plein Air - Marietta PA April
American Impressionist Society - Juried Small Works
"The Garden Door"
2022
SPlASH Awards Best of Watercolor “Delayed”
Appeared in The Best of Watercolor Magazine
Juried in to Plein Air Easton 2022
Honorable Mention Small Works
Named Juror of Selection - California Watercolor Society National Exhibition 2022
2021
Salamagundi Club -
Ogden Pleissner Memorial Award - Member Exhibition 2021
Northshore Arts Association Members show 2
Best Watercolor “Our Lady of the Fortunate Voyage”
Plein Air Salon “Merchant of Venice”
Best Watercolor juror Brian Blood
Bold Brush Competition:
Best Watercolor“Cicchetti and Friends”
Plein Air Texas
Artist Camp Award - selected by fellow artists “First Light”
2020
New England Watercolor Society National Show -
Honorable Mention “Elenas Adagio"
Cape Ann Plein Air
“Peoples choice” Reflections in Rockport
Cape And Plein Air
“Best Working Harbor” “Miller Time”
New England Watercolor Society
Honorable Mention
“Temple Bell"
