STUDY OF PROPORTION - ballpoint pen sketch on paper 21x29cm, 2010

TEPI SAWAH - Acrylic on canvas, 10x20 inches, 2017

A typical Indonesian panorama of sawah (rice field). This particular scene was inspired from the view from my favorite brunch cafe beside the sawah in Bali.

CIPANAS PALACE 1 - a preliminary study, acrylic on canvas, 16x20 inches, 2017

This palace is one of six Indonesian presidential palaces and is located in the mountain side area called Cipanas - about 80 kilometers south east of Jakarta. It is modest in comparison to its Bogor or Jakarta counterparts, but it is in a cooler mountain climate. Very few official state functions were held here thus making it relatively unknown to most.

BALINESE DANCER - acrylic on canvas, 14x18 inches, 2017

Balinese dance is famous for its amazing beauty. It has distinctive moves, dazzling costume colors, intricate finger moves, unforgettable facial expressions and many more truly stunning details. Details that is the hallmark of a highly sophisticated culture. In this painting I tried to capture only a mere fraction of those details.

BOGOR PALACE 1 - a preliminary study, acrylic on canvas board, 12x16 inches, 2017

This a preliminary study of Bogor Palace, one of six presidential palaces of Indonesia. This view is from a huge "Beringin" tree on the north side of the palace ground looking south west towards the palace's north facade with Mount Salak in the background.

OFFERING PROCESSION, Acrylic on canvas board, 16x20 inches, 2017

The painting depicts a group of women in Bali walking and carrying various offerings on their head. In Bali you often see women carry and balance things on their heads especially in grand traditional ceremonies where foods and other items are to be offered to the Gods.

PRAWN SATAY - Crayon on cardboard, 20x37cm, 2007