From a ceramic tile shell by Samme Charlesworth to a watercolour of boats at Coverack by Bernard Evans there is something for everyone. You can dream of summer with Janet Lynch's Swimming at Stromboli, or get cosy during the winter with Tracy Rees' Snug.
The paintings, ranging in price from £40 to £350, would make good Christmas presents.
A percentage of proceeds from the exhibition will go to ShelterBox, with each artist's donation being matched by gallery owners Mimi Connell-Lay and Nickie Carlyon.
"Our Christmas charity show has become a bit of a tradition at the gallery and we really enjoy this end of season bash," says Nickie.
"Last year's show raised nearly £2,500 for the Precious Lives Appeal and we are delighted to announce that this year we will be raising money for the fantastic charity ShelterBox."
The charity sends out survival kits containing shelter, cooking equipment, tools and other essentials to people in disaster zones around the world. Each box costs £490, and the gallery's Christmas show two years ago raised enough money to buy four and a half boxes.
"This year we are featuring our regular artists, and we have got some guests," Nickie says.
"They like to do it – artists are incredibly generous. We ask them for a specific size, and some actually do it on a postcard and others do it on a postcard-sized canvas. We don't frame them, we just put them on mountboard, so there's a constant ribbon of paintings on the walls."
She said the postcard sale offered a good chance to buy a favourite artist's work at an affordable price; two works by Kristin Vestgard, the Swedish painter of dreamy, porcelain-skinned women, have already sold, at £300 apiece.
Postcards for ShelterBox 2009 is at Badcocks Gallery, the Strand, Newlyn (01736 366159) until January 5. Visit www.badcocksgallery.co.uk.
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