Man Choi Chow
Mike (Chow Man Choi) lives with his wife Bonnie at ‘Edenwilde’, their beautifully landscaped period home in central Kitchener, where he gardens creatively and sustainably with mainly indigenous plants and trees.
Along the way, his love of experiencing the natural world in new and deeper ways led to expressing that world through the blended art of photography and printmaking, a passion shared by both his father and grandfather.
As a self-described “emerging” artist (recipient of a Record Readers’ Choice gold award in 2016), Man Choi draws creative energy from fellow photographers, gardeners, naturalists, intuition, and more formal learning experiences such as articles, books, and workshops.
Inspired by others, but equally attentive to personal instinct, he has captured and transformed myriad images from the commonplace to the sublime – landscapes, nature, portraiture, still life, architecture, events. Many have commented on the Zen appeal and painterly textural qualities of his work.
Mike experiences his evolving art as a “progressive culmination” of his former full-time vocation as educator, pastor, psychotherapist and spiritual healer. He feels that discovering the infinite connections among art, photography, landscaping and spirituality is not only “re-creational” and healing, but also great fun.
He is a member of UpTown Gallery, Waterloo (where you can see more of his work), member of Art$Pay as well as KW Society of Artists. He has exhibited at the Art Store, Waterloo; Framing and Art Centre Kitchener; The Crawford Collective, Brantford; and Paula White Diamond Gallery, Waterloo.
Along the way, his love of experiencing the natural world in new and deeper ways led to expressing that world through the blended art of photography and printmaking, a passion shared by both his father and grandfather.
As a self-described “emerging” artist (recipient of a Record Readers’ Choice gold award in 2016), Man Choi draws creative energy from fellow photographers, gardeners, naturalists, intuition, and more formal learning experiences such as articles, books, and workshops.
Inspired by others, but equally attentive to personal instinct, he has captured and transformed myriad images from the commonplace to the sublime – landscapes, nature, portraiture, still life, architecture, events. Many have commented on the Zen appeal and painterly textural qualities of his work.
Mike experiences his evolving art as a “progressive culmination” of his former full-time vocation as educator, pastor, psychotherapist and spiritual healer. He feels that discovering the infinite connections among art, photography, landscaping and spirituality is not only “re-creational” and healing, but also great fun.
He is a member of UpTown Gallery, Waterloo (where you can see more of his work), member of Art$Pay as well as KW Society of Artists. He has exhibited at the Art Store, Waterloo; Framing and Art Centre Kitchener; The Crawford Collective, Brantford; and Paula White Diamond Gallery, Waterloo.
