Budiana - Melbourne next step after India

I Ketut Budiana (55), well known painter from Ubud, Bali, will make a one-month visit to Melbourne, Australia, this April. "My visit is at the invitation and sponsorship of Dr Mizes Teven, an anthropologist from LaTrobe University in Melbourne," explained Ketut this Sunday in Bali.

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. 'Kundalini' a work by Budiana shown below may fit to this as would do other paintings by I Ketut Budiana clearily influenced by his earlier stay in India.