Featured Artist for the Month of August, 2022
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Perry Chow
Artist Bio:
Hi there, this is Perry Chow, a Toronto-based artist from Hong Kong. When I was a kid, I discovered that the arts brought me joy and further extended my imagination. Naturally, the interest was cultivated during my teenage years and further developed when I opted to take a visual communication course after I graduated from high school. The U.K was where I spent some years completing an Interactive Multimedia course. The works I did were mostly related to arts in various media, both for the works and my own creative process.
After years of being a graphic and web designer, I switched to an area which I never thought of – a teaching career – and became an instructor at a post-secondary institution in Hong Kong. During the time of being an instructor, MY teaching included drawings, paintings, digital arts, and some computing programmes. The knowledge I gained in these areas enabled me to further develop ideas for my art.
Besides working as a designer, I have also been working for some institutions to conduct different classes both in-person and online. I sell my arts online and through the art shows.
What inspires your artwork:
“Impression of life”
Every work I painted is a piece of my visual diary. My art is inspired from my daily life.
I have a habit of carrying a pocket sketchbook to do sketching daily and sometimes do plein air paintings. These sketches and paintings are my visual diaries. Some of the works have become paintings later.
I love to transform my feelings through objects, thereby, enriching the pieces, and allowing the viewers to feel, subjectively, how I feel. In this way, they can come to a better understanding of the unique meaning of everyday experience.
Description of your artwork:
Creating my art in a series is my favorite way to show my work. In recent years, I have developed a series “It rains…” These paintings are mainly from a view of windshield during rainy days. I was sitting inside a car, watching at the scene, feeling a bit upset. On the other hand, the distorted images paints itself and becomes a kind of beauty. I turn the music on and fall into another dimension. The same situation with different angles. It is all about how to depict your life. I decide to record the moment and develop the series.
List of Awards, accomplishments:
Juried Shows:
- Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 96th Annual Exhibition
- Toronto Watercolour Society Aquavision 2020-2021
Others:
- 3rd place of group 11″ x 14″ in McMichael Plein Air Painting Competition
- Works selected for National Post
- Splash 16 (selected artist)
- A local correspondent for the Toronto Urban Sketchers Blog
- Publish the book “Sketching | Impression of Life”
- One of the contributors of “Urban Sketching Disappearing Landmarks in Toronto”
Beat from the Sky, 24 x 18 x 1.5 Acrylic on Board
In a Car Park, 14 x 11 Watercolour on Paper
Rhythm of Waiting, 18 x 24 x 1.5 Acrylic on Board
Sunset Rain, 10.5 x 13.5 Watercolour on Paper
Don’t Rush, 18 x 24 x 1.5 Acrylic on Canvas
Rain and Light, 18 x 24 x 1.5 Acrylic on Board
The Spring Days, 10.5 x 13.5 Watercolour on Paper
A Viva Bus in the Rain, 10.5 x 13.5 Watercolour on Paper
Windshield Painting II, 10.5 x 13.5 Watercolour on Paper
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Copyright notice: The copyright for these artworks resides with the artist. It is illegal for these images to be reproduced in any way or by any means, in whole or in part, without the written permission of the artist.