marvcards
Exhibition at Chernoff Fine Art
265 East 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Thursday, September 16, 2010
7 – 10 PM
An exhibition of watercolour painted postcards and related pictures by Marv Newland. All of the postcards have travelled through the post and the postage stamps and postmarks become part of the overall presentation. The cards have been painted in many foreign and exotic ports, sometimes under great duress and in dangerous circumstances, usually in Spanish speaking countries. A wide variety of images are on view representing over ten years of work, which was not originally intended for public display. Landscapes, portraits, lewd figurative works and flights of non-representational fancy make up the bulk of the postcard sized, painted pieces. Arriving in 1972 aboard a German designed automobile, Newland continues to live and work in Vancouver, Canada where he makes animated motion pictures.
