The Inspiration Lake Batur Bali In Painting Practice

This article aims to inspire, an open space for imagination, stimulation, and appreciation of nature. The Balinese people worshiped nature every day, it becomes part of the daily practice to maintain and preserve natural resources. Painting by Lake Batur has therapeutic effects. The concept behind it is a fusion between theory and practice, the inner and outer world, and remained the author, we are nature. Lake Batur supplied all the living things surrounding the area, it inspired the author to paint. The creation method is carried out in the following stages: 1) Mental preparations; 2) sketches; 3) playing the visual elements; 4) appreciation of the visual experience; 5) aesthetic responses; 6) therapeutic analysis; and 7) creative visualization. As a result, the author feels moved to perpetuate nature in painting with a creative expression to elevate the therapeutic aspects of nature.