The Flight Of The Petulu Heron. Pura Besakih, Bali.

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By Phil Davis
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

61 × 79 × 4 cm

Materials:

Acrylic paint on canvas textured paper. Using handmade stencil, splatter paint using inks. Palette knife painting application, and paint rollers for additional texture.

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2024
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My interpretation of the Balinese world heritage site Pura Besakih, partly inspired by my own visit and reflections of Bali. My view is of a dreamy landscape inspired by the rugged beauty of the balinese architecture, and also the aura of freedom in the flight of the colony of birds that surround the site. I reduced the scene to expressive marks in ocean blue and turquoise hue, with the meru towers rising out of the haze and dominating the scene, like misty mountain peaks, in keeping with the legend of Mount Meru, the sacred five peaked mountain of hindu and buddhist cosmology. In stark contrast to the misty blue, the intense burst on the roof tops where the sun has penetrated are almost gold in intensity. The heron revealing itself out of the thick cloud is a symbol of hope and grace, a fitting epitaph to the scene, and a holy greeting.

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