Paintings village in Bali
For those who are art lovers, Batuan art village Bali is a must visit place when travelling to this island. Batuan village is one of well known tour destination famous for its gifted art and culture features from dancing, wood carving crafts and paintings.
This village is the main destination for artworks seekers and paintings collectors not only from domestic buyers but also from around the globe. Batuan painters are remarkable for their gifted talent in producing beautiful paintings with the touch of Balinese tradition. It is the main specialty of Batuan paintings. The skills of paintings for Batuan villagers are usually inherited by families from generation to generation.
Batuan painting village Bali
To find traditional balinese painting, Batuan is the right place as the center art in Bali. The location that is strategic not to mention its fame makes the village is very easy to access. Located in north of Denpasar about 7 kilometers to reach and about 10 kilometers to south from Ubud, finding Balinese paintings is easy especially they paintings are for sale.
The Batuan paintings have characteristic for its traditional value with darkness and gloomy with gradations of black and white so the atmosphere is created clearly. The paintings usually represent daily life themes, legendary scenes and freakish creatures.
Batuan Bali art painting village
Batuan is frequently considered as home of painting in bali because the painters produce the traditional paintings with touch of Bali and it is different for Ubud painters that has put the touch of western. Ubud paintings is more modern than Batuan but still with the Balinese tradition value with more colorful tones.
The location of this village is near with several others art villages such as Celuk that is renowned for silver crafts, Batubulan that is famous for its Barong and stone carving craft, Guang that is renowned for wood carving not to mention the art center and art market in Bali, Sukawati.
