Gongbi is a style of Chinese Painting, also called Fine-brush. It is characterized by close attention to detail and fine brushwork. It features extravagant and detailed flowers, birds and portraits. Gongbi was first used during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).

Huixuan Zhao was born in Beijing China. She began studying Art and Visual Art in 1995 to gain a greater appreciation of works of art. It was a wise choice for her career. Her studies enabled her to develop her creativity in the composition of a painting as well as the use of colour.

In 2002 she traveled around west and south of China. She found Chinese traditional art attractive because of its mystery and charm. From that time, she began to study Chinese painting and mixed Chinese traditional style with modern composition.

She currently resides in Adelaide South Australia where she works from her studio at home. She has been painting full-time since the beginning of 2005.

Huixuan Zhao is an artist who likes to paint what is real, beautiful and peaceful. What she aims to do is to make the traditional Chinese painting more real and lifelike as well as inherit the tradition and the soul of Chinese painting.

Huixuan Zhao's works predominantly with mineral colour on silk which are the most traditional Chinese art material.

赵蕙萱，工笔画家，1979年出生于中国北京，现居南澳阿德莱德。从1995年开始学习绘画与艺术设计。于1996年开始接触并学习工笔画。于1999年毕业于中央工艺美术学院附中中专部，2003年毕业于北京联合大学师范学院，艺术设计系。八年的专业艺术设计学习，训练了她把握色彩、图形和构图的创造能力。13年的绘画经历，使她具有坚实的美术功底，和艺术鉴赏力。

2002年秋，赵蕙萱曾到中国西南地区采风，寻找创作灵感，那次西南之旅使她对中国传统绘画有了更深一步的理解。这种认识来源于民俗艺术的魅力，传统建筑的宏伟，宗教壁画的神秘……,然而更多的是一个青年画家和她祖国传统艺术之间产生的共鸣。同年，赵蕙萱回到北京，她试着把这种感悟融入到中国工笔画的创作中，经过不断的努力与尝试，渐渐的形成了一种自己的风格。

赵蕙萱的工笔画多以人物和植物为主，题材多取自于古代仕女、人物及中国的本土植物。代表作品有：《浴后》、《唐韵》、《盼》、《唐乐舞》、《荷塘》、《牡丹·月》等。