sun chan (born 1932) is a self-taught artist who is known for his unique chinese character motifs. born in lima, peru, in 1932 to an overseas chinese family, he was brought back to fóshān, guǎngdōng china to study the chinese language at the age of five. at this time chan first became fascinated with chinese characters. he has always loved calligraphy and painting but was unfortunately deprived of an education after the second grade due to the break out of the pacific war. he went through considerable hardship in the subsequent years and later moved to hong kong, where he worked his way from the ground up and established himself as a successful entrepreneur.