 Dewa Nyoman Purwa (Balinese Painter of Batuan Traditional Style Painting)   Dewa Nyoman Purwa Born in 1960. Currently he is a painter Balinese who painted the painting style BatuanTradisional. He began to study painting at the age of twelve. Made Djata was his mentor. He then worked in the studio I Wayan Radjin (son of Made Djata). In addition to learning with Made Djata and I Wayan Radjin, Dewa Nyoman Purwa too much as a child studying with legendary Dutch-born painter Rudolf Bonnet. The most memorable is when learning to paint him as a bonnet with a rule not to wear (clothes on) while painting. Bonnet says “if you wear a shirt, then the shirt you will be painting that can not be sold”. That means clothes will become dirty when we were painting.  Purwa usually paint using a canvas. The techniques used are very traditional, like other traditional painters. Starting from ngorten (initial sketch with pencil), ngawi (confirmed sketch with Chinese ink), ngucak (create effects remotely close, dark, light), manyunin (make an impression contains), nyawi (making ornaments and color details), and ngewarna (coloring).  Many works he has created. Many collectors painting both from within and outside the country find and purchase paintings. His paintings began to take on a particular character in 1980. He often painted on the theme of the buzzing tourism on the island of Bali. He’s plotting world representation of tourism on Bali island floating in the sea. His works combine complex dynamic shape. His paintings are themed island shaped much imitated artists.  One of his works themed traditional Balinese people perform daily activities. The Batuan art paintings that he created a theme that life is quiet but dynamic, silent but deep and quiet but really hectic.  Painting style made Dewa Nyoman Batuan Purwa even been exhibited in many painting exhibitions abroad. So that his name became famous as a painter of Bali since the 1990’s. Not only that, his works are scattered throughout the world and is discussed in many books such as, titik magis seni lukis Batuan Bali printed by the National Gallery of Indonesia, Taksu Batuan an Inspride Village Tradition, Passion and beauty book - the art of Batuan Style, Inventing The Paintings of Batuan Art Bali, and many other books.  Nowadays, Dewa Nyoman Purwa concerned with the development of Batuan painting style. Not many young people can make a painting style of Batuan. The reason they are difficult because creation of this painting, long time, and boring. He realized that the painting style of Batuan must be preserved by the young people of Bali. So he prepared his son Dewa Putu Agung (22 years) to continue the traditional Batuan style painter generation today. In addition to learning to paint from his father, Dewa Agung Putu also keen to promote the Batuan style paintings of events in the country and in the world of internet.