Seeking Light!

“Looking for the light” is easier said than done. As an art photographer, I am looking for the right light, or at least making the best of the light that is there. Sometimes it works and sometimes not; my passion seeking for that elusive perfect light, to capture the perfect subject, to create the perfect piece, has not waned. In the past several months, with challenges for everyone, “seeking light” has become for me a passion beyond photography and art. So many around me, including in my own family, have been shrouded in darkness, struggling hard to find even a glimmer of light. “Seeking light” has gone beyond a nice jingle for me, and in this season of the longest night and winter solstice, religious celebrations of light and the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, I feel humbled and yearn for Light Incarnate within and around me. May the Holy One enlighten us all!

ManChoi Chow 12/21/20 ManChoi Chow 12/21/20

Hope answered!

“Listen my people, your prayers are answered…” really spoke to me this morning during worship as we wore our masks, no hymnal, can’t remember the words…knowing we are at the brink of another lock down province wide in Ontario. Then, later listening to CBC, someone spoke about “commanding hope”, not wishful thinking, but a deep abiding belief that is realistic, powered by action and rooted in an embracing vision of what is possible. We made it through 2020, and now look forward to better days! And on this winter solstice day, as I admire the beautiful amaryllis blooming in our kitchen, I feel emboldened in faith that this too shall pass, and our Hope will be answered!

ManChoi Chow 11/27/20 ManChoi Chow 11/27/20

Part 2: ArtsPay Annual Juried Show & Sale (in person)

Gallery Exhibition - Dec 3 to 20

52 Regina St. N, Waterloo ON

Artworks $500 and under

ManChoi Chow 11/18/20 ManChoi Chow 11/18/20

ArtsPay Annual Juried Show Sale

If you haven’t checked out ArtsPay’s Show & Sale, Nov 29 is your last chance to do so. Almost 40 pieces already sold! Check out Celebrity Picks, and support our fundraiser partner Farwell4Hire for cystic fibrosis.

Thanks to former Kitchener Mayor, Carl Zehr, for his Celebrity Pick of my piece ‘Together We are Stronger’.

ManChoi Chow 11/16/20 ManChoi Chow 11/16/20

Celebration 2020 preview

We have a wonderful gift giving focused show and sale ready for you at Uptown Gallery Waterloo. Come in and check out super, creative, affordable local art: sculpture, paintings, photography, mixed media, felting, glass, jewelry…blank greeting cards.