Jennifer Lawson

12 hours, 700,000 rupiah and a bowl of nasi putih later, my little Balinese cat, Tikus, is home napping on a dining room chair. She's a ...

Jerry grew up sailing on the coast of Maine. He is a salty dog at heart. So after discovering the Royal Bali Yacht Club (a small thatched ro...

One of Bali's holiest temples, Pura Luhur Uluwatu, sits on the tip of a sheer rocky promontory jutting out over the Indian ocean. It is ...

Yesterday morning it was murder and mayhem in the kitchen when my little cat killed a cicak (small gecko) during the night. I found it belly...

We have rats dancing on the thatched roof in the great room and mice party in the kitchen at night while we sleep. We called the property ma...

I had a minor accident on the motorbike the other day. I was trying to park in a tight space and while it was still running it fell over on ...

I am taking two workshops this summer when I get back to the states. A watercolor course with Charles Reid in Vermont and "drawing boot...

One of the things that first attracted me to Bali was how full of art life is here. It is in statues, carvings, furniture, temples, fabrics,...

When we were kids digging holes at the beach, we would say we were "diggin' to China". But the hole being dug by this Bali dog...

Looking at Indonesian eyes looking at me. Practicing mixing color on paper, NOT ON THE PALETTE! 

Depending on what time of day I get out walking will determine how many times I will hear "Look in my shop?" Most of the time I re...

Mount Agung is the highest point on the island of Bali at about 10,000 feet above sea level. At about 3,000 feet is the holy Besakih Temple,...

We arrived back in Bali three weeks ago and I began my 6 mile morning beach walk routine. Immediately, I noticed there weren't as many d...

Still practicing for the art exchange I agreed to do, oh so long ago. I worked on (more like overworked) this painting of the rice paddies t...

Nyepi is the Balinese "Day of Silence" and when I say silent, I am not kidding. Everything is totally closed down including the in...

The magnificent ogoh-ogoh are demonic creatures paraded up and down the streets of virtually every village in Bali on the day before Nyepi. ...

The Rindik is made from Bamboo cut to various lengths, each providing a different tone and creating a light and airy sound that I hear on my...

Late Sunday afternoon we wandered down to the beach and landed at the Spirit Cafe. We ordered cappuccinos and I sketched while we listened t...

Last weekend we "rear-ended" the people we were following (I know, I know) to a party on the other side of the island in wild craz...

It is very much the "high" holidays here in Bali. Last week was Galungan and next week is Ogoh-Ogoh and Nypei. Dressed in beautifu...