10th ARTstyleART Submission - Yucca Rose - A Storm Is Approaching - Traditional Floating Market In Java - Pasar Apung

A Storm Is Approaching - Traditional Floating Market In Java - Detail image

This is a special post for the 10th ARTstyleART Challenge - I was excited to see the announcement about a Village Life theme, since the majority of my paintings and drawings center around the traditional Indonesian lifestyle - its people, its culture, the markets and village life etc.

However, my personal visual interpretation of the world and my surroundings is a bit different and may not fit the prescribed realistic style (I work more naive with a bold color palette)

Either way, I would like to share this work with the community. It is an original painting from January 2017 (presented as apartial image in low resolution) - A Storm Is Approaching - Traditional Floating Market In Java - Pasar Apung - Acrylic on canvas (60 cm x 80 cm).

Indonesian Village Life - The Markets:
These are my favorite places here at home in Indonesia - the fruit and vegetable markets, the flower markets and the nearby harbors with the fish markets. I could walk around for hours and watch the noisy activities and the colorful people...

... About this particular painting - despite the approaching storm and darkening skies, people are still busy selling their fish, fruits and vegetables.

A Storm Is Approaching - Traditional Floating Market In Javat - Full image

A commissioned painting for a dear friend of mine - finished a few days before my trip to Germany in January 2017.