Category: Acrylics & Oils
My works in acrylic on canvas and other media.
Acrylic Exploration
I personally prefer acrylic to oil for two reasons, namely the smell of the oil and the longer time to cure. Although recent technology provides more options for odorless oil paints or water soluble ones, acrylic stays my favorite. However, oil paints have certain characteristic that acrylic paints don’t. Oil paints offers smooth blending and…
Royal Guards
Watercolor on paper, 56 x 76 cm. Two royal guards preparing for ceremony.
Sketches from Home
Sketching at home during the Covid pandemic. Chinese ink with twig and watercolor wash on paper.
Sumur Gumuling
Watercolor on paper. A3. Sumur Gumuling is a part of Tamansari Water Castle of the Yogyakarta Royal Palace. Originally it functioned as a Mushala.
Heritage Building
Watercolor on paper (55 x 38 cm) – Collected. This building is located on Malioboro Street, Yogyakarta. This building has now been already renovated.
Boat at The Harbour
Watercolor on sketchbook. These fishing boat harbor of Pemalang Regency, Central Java. Wooden motor boats were preparing for sailing.
Watercolor Drill
Ink and watercolor on A3 paper. This is one of the gates of the Surakarta Royal Palace compound, locally known as Baluwarti.
House of Ullen Sentalu
Many of the locals mistakenly thought of this building as a church because of its Christian cross ornaments on the roof, but it’s actually a house of the rich merchant of batik garment.