Odissi / Drawing A Love Story V features a couple shaped by fluid brushstrokes and painterly handling of forms. The artist focuses on the poise of the captivating dancer looking towards the distance. In this study, a variety of lavender and brown tones, tinged with white shades were used to create an atmospheric composition. 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 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, including Presenting The F KLUB, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore (2019), MASIF 2011 at Galeri Petronas and a solo show at Wei-Ling Gallery in 2010 titled Inconsequential Consequences Of Hope. His solo exhibition Serpents In The Sun was held at Suma Orientalis Fine Art in 2019.