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Photo of Ouchul Hwang
Photo of Ouchul Hwang

Ouchul Hwang is a watercolor artist, traveler, and educator whose work explores the relationship between walking, observation, and visual expression. His practice is deeply connected to long-distance walking and travel sketching, particularly through the Camino de Santiago, where he creates watercolor paintings and sketchbook studies directly during the act of walking.

Rather than treating watercolor as a studio-bound process, Hwang approaches painting as a form of lived experience. His works often emerge from roadside pauses, cafés, pilgrim hostels, changing weather, and daily movement across landscapes. Using minimal materials and portable sketchbook setups, he documents fleeting moments of light, silence, fatigue, and attention encountered during the journey.

Alongside his artistic practice, Hwang has developed an international academic career in art and creative education. He has taught and collaborated with institutions including Seoul National University in South Korea, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. His teaching and research focus on artistic observation, visual storytelling, creative process, and interdisciplinary approaches to art and media.

Hwang is also the creator of Buen Camino, a watercolor art book inspired by his Camino journeys and travel sketching practice. Through painting, writing, and walking, his work invites a slower way of seeing—where ordinary moments become visible through sustained attention and direct experience.

This blog documents his ongoing exploration of watercolor, travel sketching, minimal art practice, and the creative life shaped by movement.

Official website:
www.hwangouchul.com

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