Ophelie #2 depicts the upper part of a nude female figure painted in Cubist manner – triangular shapes in different shades to indicate contrast – placed against a silkscreened purple rectangular and leaf-motif woodblock/engraving technique background. These layers of images and technique create dimension to an otherwise plain picture. A self-taught artist, Marvin Chan has made the transition from an advertising practitioner to a visual artist in his first solo called First Harvest at a2 Gallery, Penang in 2007. He was twice a recipient of the Freeman Fellowship in Vermont in the United States, first with a partial grant in 2007, and then as an alternate artist in 2008 to 2010. He was also selected for the Commonwealth Connections art residency in 2009, the year in which he also won the BP Portrait Award. He has exhibited in numerous group shows namely Skin at House of Matahati in 2012, MASIF 2011 at Galeri Petronas and a solo show at Wei-Ling Gallery in 2010 titled Inconsequential Consequences of Hope. Besides exhibiting in Malaysia, his artworks have been shown in London and South Korea and are held in private collections in Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, the United States and Italy. His works were recently displayed in a group exhibition in collaboration with Galeri Chandan Kuala Lumpur and Jada Art Singapore titled Stepping Out at Art Stage Singapore in 2015 alongside Chong Ai Lei, Chong Siew Ying and Kow Leong Kiang.