First Art

As a wedding gift, Patrick organized a personal tour with Sugita, who brought us around the island's cultural sites including Ubud which is Bali's art centre. And since we skipped the monkey tour because I hate feline, non-feline and actually animals of all kinds... he brought us to Semar Kuning instead.

Semar is an artist's co-op where any budding artist can crash at for years or even a week to learn and work with other residing artists. They would also have a chance to display and sell their works. I went there, thinking that I'm just gonna grab some postcards or a small painting but when I saw Suharta's piece - of birds perching on branches in gray and black monotones and pinches of colour - I liked it immediately.

I stood by there, was later joined my Ery and then, he just stood next to me. We liked it, and it's hard to find moments like these, when we both feel the same way, strongly and passionately, towards something.

Came back to Singapore as proud owners of an original art piece!

Ery inspecting as they took the painting off the wall.

Dismantling from the frame. We were told that it's painter was a 50-year man, still active in the literary scene. He was also a Barong dancer in his youth.

The co-op was peaceful, and full of verandahs where artists would draw and paint.

Finally hammered it onto our wall.

Our first art from Ubud!