Boxing Dragons - Original Asian Art

The world is fascinated by India and China, and we have found their artwork to be sensual and intoxicating. We have been traveling to China and India since 1988 and have been enchanted by the colors and vitality of farmers’ artists Kwu Yuet and Shi Yiu Ping, and the master strokes of Peng Fu Cai and Ji Jishang. We have assembled an inventory of over 24 artists who we believe are the most talented yet reasonably priced artists in the region. We believe this portfolio represents exceptional beauty and value in today’s market.

We invite you to browse our paintings, and to learn more about us. Please contact us with any inquiries you may have.

From our gallery… Click a painting to enlarge

Xu Ren – Horserider 2 (15" x 15" White Mat) $75

Mevar School – Orange Indian Lilies (20" x 10") $375

Xu Ren – Horserider 8 (15" x 15" White Mat) $75

Annie's Artful Adventures

Our Artistic Director, Annie Dowling, regularly travels through Asia in search of artwork for Boxing Dragons, and has many wonderful experiences along the way. Here is the latest entry from her blog.

Dispatch from Delhi

January 22nd, 2008

The dragon has landed in New Delhi after a tiring journey. I have to say that the direct Continental service from Newark shortens the trip and makes it seem easier somehow. A couple of hours ago, I had a wonderfully vigorous massage at the spa here in my hotel and am feeling all aromatic, spiffy, and kink-less at the moment.

If you get a chance, read the article in the new National Geographic concerning Indian cave paintings. Fascinating and beautiful. I grow more enamored of India art every day. My strong desire is to share this love of all things artful and Indian with the gallery’s patrons by choosing the most compelling and exquisite miniature paintings and driving a hard bargain so all of you who share this obsession can feed it affordably. Watch the website for developments.

I watched Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby while on the plane. I have to admit channeling Hillary Swank in that movie was one of the factors which led me into boxing. Actually I was working out with my trainer one day and asked him to think up a way to make cardio more interesting. He asked me if I wanted to learn how to box. I thought it over for a nano second and answered in the affirmative. Although I am just hopeless at jumping rope, I am making progress as times go by. By the time I am ready to step into the ring, I should be collecting social security. It is all good fun and fabulous way to stay fit. It is always difficult to say good bye to my coach, Matt Thorne, when I go back on the road. Matt has his own blog: bloodnsweat.blogspot.com. I am a fan of this fitness fanatic. You may find him a little scary.

Boxing and collecting paintings are my main passions at the moment. I also was born in the year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese Zodiac. Hence, my partners, David and Susan Killebrew, decided to name the gallery Boxing Dragons. At first, I didn’t like the name. Then I realized it is actually all about ME!!! I get to buy the art, and my life on the road becomes me being a hunter of treasures, not just a tour director.

I am going to sign off soon—jet leg and all… I was looking out the window of my room here at the Delhi Oberoi, and I can see the dome of Humayun’s tomb. The tomb itself is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and considered the architectural precursor of the Taj Mahal. And what monument could be more appropriate to this blog as it was Humayun, the hapless second Moghul emperor, in exile ,who brought the Persian and Hindu aesthetic together for the first time at his royal court in Kabul, by importing two court illustrators from the Sayyid court in Persia. The melding of the two styles led to the burgeoning of miniature paintings as the form of court illustration—the Moghul Emperors used them in their official autobiographies, and the architectural miracles of such monuments as the Taj, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri come directly from this artistic melting pot. More on miniatures later… have I told you that in the old days, the artists creating miniatures would use brushes made from the ear fur of CATS????

Read more from our Art Director's blog, Annie's Artful Adventures