BOZart Gallery: Kinkin Watercolorist

Birth : 27th december 1972 - Tasikmalaya
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After leaving university Kinkin had a stall at Ancol Art Market for several years. He moved to Bali six years ago because he wanted to live in a more natural and artistic atmosphere. There, he painted the people and the world he saw around him. He also worked as a photographer, and this work is currently his main source of income. He uses his candid photographs for reference in his artwork too.
“I hope I can be a famous watercolor artist some day. Watercolor is my favorite medium. I enjoy the fluidity of it, while working on wet paper. Also, I like it because very few Indonesian artists work in water color. It is the most difficult technique, and I have found a special method which I use, wet on wet, and then for the detail I use a dry painting technique. I can paint with all media, and many different subjects – animals, still life, birds, but people interest me most of all because everyone has a different character, even twins.”
Also on exhibition is a series of five works, not of a political theme. These give us a chance to see another side of Kinkin’s talent. He has painted a female figure in traditional sarong, in different poses. All of these are graceful, subtle, and very classical in style. His work is reminiscent of the works of Willem Hofker, who made beautiful studies (mainly in pastel), of the people of Bali during the 30s.
Kinkin says that Hofker, is one of his most admired artists, along with Antonio Blanco and Rudolf Bonnet. He has admired their works in the Neka Gallery and the Blanco Museum in Ubud, although he already worked in a similar style himself.
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