This is the watercolor painting of Balinese temple, Pura Dalam Raja Raga. Pura is a Balinese Hindu temple. Balinese go to their temples to pray for their gods or ancestors. They bring offerings and perform prayer rituals to get blessings and protection. This painting was made by Bruce Granquist - an American illustrator. His artworks can be seen on pages of books about Bali such as the Introduction to Balinese Architecture; Balinese Temples, and Bali - a traveller's companion. This painting of Pura Dalam Raja Raga is not large. Its size is 28.6 cm x 12.7 cm, quite small but colorful and very beautiful. To see the original piece of this watercolor artwork, you need to go to Neka Museum on Jalan Sanggingan of Ubud town, Bali. The entrance ticket is Rp. 50,000 (fifty thousand rupiahs). Here, visitors of the museum can see paintings and wooden sculptors that were created by Balinese and international artists such as Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Willem Gerard Hofker, Ong Kim Seng and many others. Artist Bruce Granquist really pays great attention to the details of the concrete and stone structure of the temple.

Watercolor is one of the most difficult painting medias. Beginning watercolor artists often feel frustrated when trying to make their artworks by painting wet on wet because its difficult to control where it spreads on the surface of the paper. However, because of its translucent or transparent effect, paintings created by professional artists look beautiful and often sought after by art collectors in very high price.