Oil on Canvas Painting of a Javanese Hindu Woman, "Arranging"

Intent on her work, a Balinese woman carefully arranges leaves, flowers and fruit in a banten. An offering to the gods, creating banten is an essential part of worship for Hindu women in Bali and Java. This is an act of devotion for her, and an almost everyday event. Working in oil on canvas, Purwadi depicts his subject in an elegant and beautiful painting.