He was a caring doctor in my childhood neighbourhood. The mental health hospital in west Jakarfta is named after him - a fitting tribute
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
DR. SOEHARTO HEERDJAN - watercolour on paper 21x29cm 2016
He was a caring doctor in my childhood neighbourhood. The mental health hospital in west Jakarfta is named after him - a fitting tribute
GESANG MARTOHARTONO - watercolour on paper 21x29cm 2016
Gesang is the author of the song "Bengawan Solo"
MUSEUM WAYANG - watercolour on paper 15x20cm 2016
A heritage building in Jakarta's kota tua area. It is now a doll museum.
CISADANE - watercolour on paper 15x20cm 2016
Two boats moored on the bank of Cisadane river in Tanggerang.
RAILBRIDGE TO BANDUNG - watercolour on paper 15x20cm 2016
The railway track from Jakarta to Bandung passes many bridges (and a tunnel) near Padalarang. The track and its many bridges were built by the Dutch in the colonial period and it is still in use today.
PURA ULUN BEDUGUL - watercolour on paper 15x20cm 2016
A well known temple by the lake in Bedugul Bali
FATHILLAH MUSEUM - Watercolour on paper 15x20cm 2016
The building used to be called "Gouverneur Kantoor" or "Governor's office". It is a heritage building in Jakarta's kota tua area.
PADANG RIVER - Oil on canvas 30x40cm 2016
My favourite landscape theme - rocky river in lush rain forest
AFFANDI KOESOEMA - Oil on canvas 30x40cm 2016
An Indonesian painter well known for his direct way of squirting paints from tubes straight onto canvas and smeared paint all over with his fingers
Sunday, July 24, 2016
TERRACOTA HORSE 1 - acrylic on canvas, 30x40cm, 2009
A study of classical chinese glazed terracota horse statue.
HUANG SHAN - acrylic on canvas, 80x100cm, 2009
Huang Shan or the Yellow Mountain is a mountain in China. It has many granite peaks with pine trees. Extraordinarily beautiful and sureal. I used to think classical chinese ink painting portrayal of dramatic mountain scapes were pure imagination until I saw Huang Shan.
HUNTLEYS POINT - oil on canvas, 25x50cm, 2009
Huntleys Point is a suburb in Sydney Australia. It has a ferry wharf near Gladesville Bridge where I used to take ferry to work. The pedestrian path down to the wharf is from the left. The wharf is on the right side. The morning sun was casting shadows along the sloping ground.
SHINJUKU - Acrylic on canvas, 30x40cm, 2010
This is my impressionist expression of a busy intersection in Shinjuku in Tokyo. Brightly colored shop neon lights and banners lining up the street, Throngs of pedestrian crossing and a few trees.
KANGAROO VALLEY - oil on canvas, 25x30cm, 2010
Kangaroo Valley is a beautiful valley in the southern highland of New South Wales, Australia. The painting was done on-site or plein air.
HIMEJI CASTLE 2 - Acrylic on canvas, 40x40cm, 2010
This is another painting of Himeji Castle in Japan.
TRUMPET LILY - Acrylic on canvas, 40x60cm, 2011
A painting that studies the effect of how objects in front block those at the back. Here the effect has created a sense of 3-D.
PLOUGHING - oil on canvas, 20x25cm, 2011
This painting depicts a man ploughing the paddy field with his water buffalo.
GLADESVILLE BRIDGE - Water color on paper, 15x25cm, 2011
Gladesville bridge in Sydney Australia is unique in that it is the longest hyperbolic concrete bridge ever made. This painting was done "plein air" from a park nearby.
FOGGY MORNING - Acrylic on canvas, 120x150cm, 2011
This painting depicts a foggy morning scene in Australia where Eucalyptus trees painted in the foreground are tall and abundant.
HIBISCUS - Water color on paper, 15x25cm, 2011
Another still life water color study of hibiscus and frangipani flowers
WATERLILY - oil on canvas, 30x40cm, 2014
LUNA PARK - Acrylic on canvas, 60x80cm, 2004
Luna Park is a fair ground or amusement park in Sydney Australia. It is by the water on Sydney Harbor and just below the north end of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. I commute to work by ferry and the route stop at Luna Park wharf. This scene is at dusk and the laughing man facade was brightly lit. The park was under part-renovation at the time and has large sheets of colorful posters on the side.
TULIPS OF BOWRAL - Acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm
Every spring a small town named Bowral in New South Wales Australia is full of blooming tulips and attract many tourists. It was a cold but very sunny day when I took the photo which later became the inspiration of this painting.
CHINESE VASES - Acrylic on canvas, 35x45cm, 2003
This painting is one of early still life paintings I did. The vase on the left was where I used to place my painting brushes. There are three other round vases of different color in the background.
BRIDESMAID ALICE - Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60cm, 2004
Alice was selected as the bridesmaid at a wedding in 2004. This is her portrait.
HIMEJI CASTLE - water color on paper, 15cm x 25 cm, 2001
Saturday, June 18, 2016
PADANG RIVER - oil on canvas 34x40cm, 2016
Indonesia has amazing landscape. From the river to the sea. My favourite subject is rivers. I did a Sumedang river painting before. This one is a scene of river in Padang, Sumatra. The randomly scattered rocks, the reflections on the still water and the distant trees on distant hills, all combined to make a beautiful and serene scene. Please leave your comments below, or better still follow me in Google plus.
Friday, June 17, 2016
LEGONG DANCER - oil on canvas, 30x40cm, 2008
This painting was inspired from a Bali holiday photo of mine. I went to see traditional balinese dance show near Denpasar and I took the photo with flashlight. The cloth color and the glitter came out nicely. This painting now belongs to a collector Sydney Australia.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
AUSSIE FARM - oil on canvas, 35x45cm, 2009
This painting was inspired from a black and white photo in a newspaper clipping. The colours are approximations I made of what the original scene would look like. I also added a few touches such as the two cows and the tractor.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
ITHA SALEEM - oil on canvas, 30x40 cm, 2016
Itha Saleem was the president of Lions Club Metteyya South Jakarta 2015 - 2016. Today we had the official hand over of the presidency of the club from Itha Saleem to Yta Gultom and in the hand over event I presented this painting as a gift to Itha.
YTA GULTOM - Oil on canvas, 30x40 cm, 2016
Yta Gultom is the president of Lions Club Metteyya South Jakarta 2016 - 2017. Today we had the official hand over of the presidency of the club from Itha Saleem to Yta Gultom and in the hand over event I presented this painting as a gift to Yta.
Friday, June 3, 2016
TANIA 2 - oil on canvas, 30x40 cm, 2015
Tania is a friend of mine from Lions Club Metteyya in south Jakarta. This portrait was done from a photo of hers doing her makeup and attaching earings.
TANIA 1 - Oil on canvas, 30x40 cm. 2015
Tania is a friend of mine from Lions Club Metteyya in south Jakarta. This portrait was done from a photo of hers. I selected the photo that capture her characteristics including her favorite loop earings, her short cut hair and her distinctive smile.
Monday, May 2, 2016
RAINY DAY AT THE ROCKS - oil on canvas, 40x50 cm, 2010
The Rocks is an inner suburb of Sydney very close to the Harbor Bridge and Circular Quay. I painted this from an old black and whote photograph cut from a newspaper. I guessed the colors and it turned out to be nice.
SNOW ON BURNT FOREST - oil on canvas, 27x35cm, 2009
There was a great bush fire or forest fire early in 2009 in country area of Victoria Australia. In the middle of the same year snow fell on the same area. So there was this rather unique contrast of the whote of the snow and the black charred trees that I tried to capture in this painting.
MERAPI - oil on canvas, 30x30cm, 2010
Merapi is the name of an active Volcano in central Java, Indonesia. I visited the area a few years ago and camped not far from the summit. The painting depicts the road that lead up to the mountain with Merapi's summit clearly visible in the morning sky.
CAPSICUMS - oil on canvas 20x25cm, 2011
I was struck by the colors of a bunch of capsicums in a market in Melbourne. The glint reflections on their shiny skins and the different grade of greens, yellow and reds are the features of the capsicums I captured in this painting
HUANG SHAN SUNRISE - acrylic on canvas, 45x45 cm, 2009
The name Huang Shan is Chinese means Yellow Mountain (Huang=yellow, Shan=mountain). At first I thought it was so named because it the mountain's earth is yellow colored. It is indeed yellow colored but in certain light condition, mainly sunrise. Huang Shan is actually made almost entirely of granite. I painted this after catching the sunrise on one of the Huang Shan's peak.
FAIRWAY TO TANAH LOT - oil on canvas, 40x60 cm, 2011
Tanah Lot is a small rock island on the western shores of Bali island Indonesia. It is a popular tourist attraction and it has a Hindu temple on the island. Nearby is the Nirwana golf club where on one of the par 3 hole, players can see Tanah Lot island beyond the green. It is the dark island in the background beyond the palm trees. The fairway referred to in the painting is the golf fairway.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
ALICE – acrylic on canvas, 20x30cm, 2006
Alice (my daughter) was about 12 years old and we went to Currumbin Bird sanctuary in Queensland Australia when the photo was taken. I did not find the likeness anywhere near what it should be but I found the color mix was rather nice.
HOMEBUSH BAY - oil on canvas 30x40cm, 2010
This is painting was made as my way to study landscape. It has sharp and bright foreground objects such as cactus tree by the wooden fence, a red brick garage wall with a green metal chimney. In the background is Homebush bay in Sydney - the area where the Olympic was held in the year 2000. Homebush is a suburb with industrial buildings, apartments and some low rise offices beside Parramatta river visible in the painting.
ENGLESE BRUG - oil oln canvas, 40x60cm, 2016
This painting is the oil version of the sketch I did on Englese Bridge. This draw bridge had many different names in the past but it's first name ever was "Englese Brug" or "English Bridge". According to historians, the bridge connected one side of the river where the Dutch were to the other side where most of the English were, hence the name "Englese Brug". It is now known as Jembatan Kota Intan
Self Portrait - oil on canvas, 40x60cm, 2012
This self portrait was done when I was in Jakarta. My apartment has many wall mirrors and has nice warmish lighting. So I was inspired to do a self portrait. I never had a self portrait done before so this is the only self portrait painting I have. PS: I was wearing a pair of glasses
ANNA BAY - oil on canvas, 75x100cm, 2011
Anna bay is a bay in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. I was 4-wheel driving in the area when I came across this rock formation on the sand on the beach. It was low tide at the time and I found the rock shapes inspiring. So I took a photo of it and later I painted it. The painting is now hanging inmy apartment in Jakarta.
NGARAI SIANOK - oil on canvas, 60x75cm, 015
Ngarai Sianok is the name of a well known valley in Sumatra. It is very picturesque and has been subject to many paintings in the past. With such a beautiful landscape I, like many others, could not help but be inspired to paint it.
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