Denpasar (BisnisBali) –I Ketut Budiana a versatile painter from Ubud, Bali, will make a one-month visit to Melbourne, Australia, next April."My visit is at the invitation and sponsorship of Dr Mizes Teven, an anthropologist from LaTrobe University in Melbourne," Ketut Budiana said in Ubud recently. During his stay in Australia, he will paint animals and every things relating to affection. The paintings were expected to be able to support the research on Hinduism, which had been carried out by Dr. Teven, he said.
"Dr Mizes has conducted researches in various places in Bali concerning the teachings of Siva," Budiana said. His works of art, both painted in Bali and which will be painted in Australia, will be displayed in LaTrobe University in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to painting, he will also give information on the teachings of Siva to the Australian audience. Budiana, a teacher at a Bali vocational school, participated in an international art festival in India last January. Around 500 painters from various countries participated in the festival. In the festival, he presented two paintings called "Siwa Lingga" and "Spiritual World Eradicates Darkness", which were nominated in the festival. *ant