as a great admirer of chinese characters since childhood, chan has studied the chinese writing on his own for years. decades ago he began making innovative artworks with chinese characters merely to get his young daughters interested in their roots. what started out of an act of love has grown into his lifelong passion. despite his lack of formal training in art chan went on to explore with new visual representations for chinese characters, and created various series of artwork throughout the years. with clean lines and vibrant colors, he transforms the chinese script back into its pictorial form but as entirely new graphic emblems.