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Rising majestically in the distance amid hibiscus and wild orchids, a volcano dominates the landscape. On the near side of the blue crater lake, butterflies visit a blossoming hillside where tropical birds sing with their mates. Made Artini evokes a balmy afternoon in her beautiful Balinese Eden.

A symphony of color unfolds across this striking acrylic landscape painting, capturing the untamed beauty of Bali’s wilderness where rainbow-winged butterflies float past exotic birds in their forest sanctuary. The dramatic mountain backdrop and delicate flora demonstrate artist Made Artini’s remarkable ability to translate nature’s grandeur onto paper with photographic precision.

Exotic birds and colorful butterflies converge on a lotus flower pond in this exceptional composition by Balinese artist Made Artini. She renders the acrylic on paper painting in a realist style, inspired by the exuberant natural beauty of her homeland.

"An uncertain life requires entertainment so that the soul remains free without pressure," says Javanese artist Ida Ratna Ningrum, who creates this painting to celebrate the healing power of music. The scene depicts a young woman passionately playing her flute in order to recover from a broken heart.

Javanese artist Bunanto uses soft oil colors to depict a white swan, who acts as Hindu goddess of science Dewi Saraswati's mount. Silky blue and green waters surround the swan as it approaches a pink lily, while an orange sunset blazes in the background.

"Niluh Sekarwangi is a Balinese girl who wants to create peace and enjoy the natural beauty of the world without war," says artist Harman about the tender icon that inspired him to create this acrylic painting. Following expressionist themes, the artist makes the composition in a warm palette, adding traditional floral motifs.

The artwork comes signed and unstretched.

A mysterious city, a shiny peace symbol and a woman looking at the scene compose Harman's newest creation inspired by expressionist themes. Using acrylic on canvas, the artist calls for peace with a stunning unstretched painting, transmitting a powerful message: "When there is peace, everyone must respect each other without hostility and not hurt each other."

The work also comes signed by the artist.

"Life is not seeking victory and fighting to kill each other, but playing beautiful and peaceful melodies to create a flowery world," says Harman while finishing a stunning expressionist composition that calls for peace and love. The Balinese artisan uses sharp brushstrokes and acrylic to depict a woman looking at the doves that fly around a floral peace symbol. Aimed to create an inspirational ambiance, this painting comes unstretched and signed.

Balinese artist Harman adds mystic symbols to a vibrant expressionist and cubist composition made with acrylic colors. As the central element, a Balinese woman poses in a mystic depiction of femininity while little doves and flowers wander around the colorful background. "When a woman is silent, there are thousands of things on her mind, namely about mental peace and world peace," reflects the artist.

The artwork comes signed and unstretched.

"Twilight gave me the inspiration to create this work. The bustle of dusk above the trees and rocks as storks scramble for a place to rest. The noise and composition of the flock mark the end of the rotation of the time of day. That dusk became a beautiful resting place after a day of struggling to find the sweet and the bitter of life," says Balinese artist A. A. Darmayuda of this impressive Surrealist-style painting he crafted using oil paint on canvas. The composition and colors create a hypnotizing scene that will command everyone's attention the minute they set eyes on it.

As a new day dawns on the orange horizon, every subject of the Earth awakens to a heavenly glow. The line between realism and fantasy stimulates the human imagination just as dreaming of a world flourishing with peace.

Ida Ratna Ningrum conceptualizes the beginning of a new era of peace in this enchanting painting as she depicts an idyllic view into a blooming world of nature. The artist explains that the young girl sits protected under a tree in a thriving green field of harmonious flowers, far from the clutches of monolithic urban society. Finding hope in nature, the young girl embraces a dim globe to bring rejuvenation and a return to innocence, symbolizing the human concept of harmony.

Circling above, a flock of doves foreshadows the cleansing of the world's conscience, themselves being symbols of purity and modesty since ancient times. As humanity is both destined and doomed to a cyclical existence, the arrival of ancient symbols signals great changes to come.

"My definition of world peace is the desire of every human being, all who decide and choose to be at peace in their own way. If humans realize we can all choose to make peace by asking God to give us a heart that is peaceful and calm, then there will be no war. My hope for world peace is that all human beings can individually create something good and respect each other, and then peace will be established," the artist confides.

"We as God's creatures must have peaceful feelings and hearts. A peaceful heart allows us to forgive each other for all mistakes, maintain good relations with fellow creatures of God and be grateful for what we have and are. If we can live from the heart, we will feel grateful and will always be at peace" says Aldi.

In his painting, free-flying doves symbolize world peace, and two hands shake in accord, forming a united, yet diverse forest in this dreamy acrylic painting fashioned in the surrealist style.

"Standing as a metaphor for the process of globalization and free movement of people, the greeting of hands is the unification of all continents of the globe, while the trees bridge the gap as the diverse population of the globe."

The artist says his painting interprets world peace as the only way for the relationship between God, humans and the environment to prosper — to be able to forgive each other and set aside common differences.