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.

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.

PLUM BLOSSOM AND LEMON - oil on canvas, 30x40cm, 2009

A study of still life.

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.