About The Gallery of China

Our Story

So, this is our story. Over the last five or six years we've worked with and received invaluable help from people with various areas of expertise (see consultants to The Gallery of China). Also, none of this would have come about if it were not for certain other people along the way. The first of which was Andrew's martial arts instructor back in the 1970's. Remember the Bruce Lee films and how all of a sudden Kung Fu became the thing to do. We won't mention his instructor's name but it suffices to say that it was through him that the owner first became interested in China and Chinese culture. Since that time his interest in China has led him to study related philosophy and religion at B.A. and M.A. levels at the University of Lancaster in the north-west of England. As you'll know if you've looked at our articles Chinese paintings are very closely connected with Chinese philosophy and religion. Andrew says that ever since owning his first Chinese painting he's come to regard them as being very special. He is most fond of landscape and bamboo and is still amazed at how even one painting can transform the ambience of a room. After finishing his studies at university in 1995, during his visits to China, he's sought only the finest artists who's work you now see on this website. The philosophy regarding The Gallery of China is to provide the finest Chinese paintings, both traditional and contemporary, plus periodically updated insights into this general terrain, married together with first class customer service. Please feel free to read what our customers say about us.

The Future

We will continue to add our own content and search the internet to provide you with the very best that this exciting medium can offer. We very much hope you take a close interest in how our website develops and recommend it to your friends. At your request you can be notified whenever these changes occur.

Please enjoy taking the time to browse the site, bookmark it, and return frequently. We will continue to do our best to make it worth your while.

Consultants to The Gallery of China

Professor Stewart McFarlane - Advisor on Chinese Related Content

Stewart was Andrew's Professor at University. His areas of expertise include Chinese religions and philosophies, Chinese Buddhism, mysticism and religion and martial arts. He is an instructor in both T'ai Chi and Wing Chung Kung Fu and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Stewart is the author of the bestselling T'ai Chi book, "The Complete Book of T'ai Chi". For those who are interested Stewart's book can be purchased in both hardback and softback.

Yu Fan - Advisor on Trade with China and Chinese Language

Yu Fan we have known for years, he is the President of Inject, a Chinese company that focuses on training and consultancy for predominantly Chinese businesses engaged in international business enterprises. Yu Fan's multi-lingual and multi-cultural knowledge has proved invaluable to us on many occasions.

Yang Dong Bao - Chinese Paintings and Artists Consultant

Being a very experienced artist Yang Dong Bao can draw upon several decades when advising on the commissioning of our paintings. Based in China his familiarity with scores of artists has proved to be extremely helpful and enabled us to source the finest Chinese paintings.

Dr. Damen Garrett - Networked Computing Consultant

Although our primary interest is Chinese paintings and culture, since the conception of The Gallery of China website we've experienced a steep learning curve regarding internet technologies. Whenever we've struggled to solve problems in this area it's generally been Damen, who has a Ph.D. in networked computer systems, that's provided the much needed assistance.

Den Hardy - General Computing Assistant

Having many, many years of computer programming experience Den has both enlightened and baffled us regarding the inner workings of computers. The Tao of computers? It's Den who knows the "Way"!

Good Reasons to Visit Us Often

The Gallery of China website will continue to evolve over time. We aim to keep adding content, quality products and services, competitions, freebies and much else that we've yet to think of. If you'd like us to let you know when the site is updated please sign our guestbook below. You will also be entered into our Free Prize Draw at the end of each month.