Artwork

Pricing

Drawings: from $250
Paintings: from $3800
Limited Edition Canvasses: from $450
Commissioned Portraits: from $400

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To view more artwork and/or information about Raymond Chow originals, commissioned portraits, and/or limited edition canvasses please email us here or call 778-855-0289.

BIO

Raymond Chow is an internationally renowned artist based in Vancouver, Canada.

Throughout his career, Raymond has met many public figureheads and has been commissioned to paint portraitures of them. Some have included Clint Eastwood, Sunny and Cher, and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.

Other collector’s of Raymond Chow’s paintings have included Indira Gandhi, Paul Anka, Raymond Burr, Gordon Lightfoot, and David Lam.

Raymond Chow has exhibited with some of the most prominent contemporary artists in the world including AJ Casson, Andrew Wyeth, and many more.

Raymond Chow won his early recognition in his teenage years when many art dealers would come knocking on his parent’s door with cash in hand, eager to buy a Raymond Chow drawing.

In the mid-1950′s, Raymond began his art career drawing black ink drawings of Vancouver’s buildings. His drawings sold for around $50 in the 1950′s, artwork created by his favorite 25 cent ball point pen.

Afterwards, Chow decided to pick up a Chinese brush and start painting with acrylics beginning with a group of paintings he called the “Green Series.”

After painting in green tones, he changed to reds and whites, eventually leading to a series of paintings called the “Red Series” and a series called the “White Gown Series”. Raymond has travelled throughout the world with his rabbit-haired Chinese brush, wooden easel, and a few canvases, always ready to capture a glimpse of history wherever he went.

Throughout his career, Raymond has met many public figureheads and has been commissioned to paint portraitures of them. Some have included Clint Eastwood, Sunny and Cher, and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.

Other collector’s of Raymond Chow’s paintings have included Indira Gandhi, Paul Anka,
Raymond Burr, Gordon Lightfoot, and David Lam.

In the past 10 years, Raymond has experimented with abstracts. He once said that abstracts were the most challenging of all the art he had ever created because of the visualization needed to create them. However, for something so difficult to create, Raymond has managed to create a fine collection of abstracts. He has even created a group of abstracts he calls the “Circuit Series” using computers parts from motherboards and fans mixed with acrylic paint.

Raymond Chow has exhibited with some of the most prominent contemporary artists in the world including AJ Casson, Andrew Wyeth, and many more. He has a lengthy art career of over 50 years where his artwork has gone from art galleries across Canada to as far as the Royal Palace of India in Rajasthan. Now, he enjoys his time traveling around British Columbia and supporting the Arts in Vancouver.

Curriculum Vitae

Academia
University of British Columbia, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music, Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto

Collectors
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy, British Columbia
Prime Minister Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, India
Sir Roger George Moore
Sunny & Cher
Samantha Eggar
Paul Anka
Gordon Lightfoot
Raymond Burr
Noel Harrison
Paul Anka
Gordon Lightfoot
Fran Belzberg
Doreen Braveram
Carol Taylor
Susan Matheson
Clint Eastwood

Exhibitions & History
1965
Studio Art Gallery International, Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Peter Ohler Gallery, Richmond

1966
Mary Frazee Gallery, West Vancouver
Harrison Gallery, Vancouver
Dutch Gallery, Vancouver
Federation of Canadian Artist Gallery, Vancouver
The Little Gallery, New Westminster

1967
The Downstairs Gallery, Winnipeg
Federation of Canadian Artist Gallery, Vancouver
Eaton’s Display of Historical Landmarks, Saanichton
Dutch Gallery, Vancouver
Sobot Gallery, Toronto
Index of National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

1968
Moos Galbria Gallery, Montreal
McPherson Theatre, Montreal

1969 Exposition Gallery, Vancouver
Jack Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna

1970
Vancouver Historic Society, Victoria
Thomas Beckett Gallery, Hamilton
Alice Beck Gallery, Burington
Varlow Gallery, San Francisco
Shaw-Rimmington Gallery, Toronto

1971
Exposition Gallery, Vancouver
Campden Hill Club, London
Canada House Gallery, London

1972
Gallerie Fore, Winnipeg

1973
Exposition Gallery, Vancouver
Gallery 1661, Halifax
White Whale Gallery, Gig Harbour
Leafhill Gallery, Victoria
Raymond Chow Gallery, Vancouver
Royal Palace of India, Rajasthan
Jack Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna

1974
Peter Ohler Gallery, Richmond

1976
Hycroft Manor, Vancouver

1977
Art Emporium, Vancouver (Exhibited with Andrew Wyeth)

1978
Designed Captain Cook Coins, Canada
Jack Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna

1983
Designed Vancouver Symphony Show House Cover
Painted “Beautiful People of Vancouver” Series

1985
Worked with Political Leaders to Fundraise for Canadian Paraplegic Association
Played Piano at Cecil Green Alumni Association for UBC

1987
Created First CD of 29 Original Pieces Released by Mushroom Studios

1989
Fundraised for Richmond Hospital Foundation
Exhibited Along the West Coast of USA

1990
Established Art Gallery in Richmond, B.C.

1992
Opened Art Warehouse in Richmond, B.C.

1994
Established Art Gallery in Steveston, Richmond, B.C.
Began “White Gown” Series of Paintings

1996
Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings at L’Alliance Francais de Vancouver
Started “Karen” Series of Paintings

1997
Fundraised for Langley Fine Arts School
Worked with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

1998
Fundraised for Shooting Stars Foundation
Started Painters of Painter’s Lodge in Campbell River
Exhibited at Museum & Library Complex in Vancouver Chinatown
Began & Completed “Golfing” series

1999
Finished “Karen” Series of Paintings

2000
Fundraised for Richmond Sunrise Rotary
Began Mata Hari Projects Including DVD

2002
Finished “White Gown” Series of Paintings

2005
Started Art Gallery Warehouse in Richmond, B.C.

2007
Produced Vancouver Historic Chinatown Calendar

2008
Asai’s Art Gallery, Korea and Japan

Enquire

To view more artwork and/or information about Raymond Chow originals, commissioned portraits, and/or limited edition canvasses please email us here or call 778-855-0289.