PETER Dittmars heart not only visits the land of Bali. This German abstract painter is bewitched with the pulsating nature and culture on the Island of the Gods.

To the 61-year-old painter, Balis visual charm is not only the hard-working bare-breasted women, cock-fighting men, farmers ploughing the rice field under the scorching sun, shabby rural marketplaces, big banyan trees, and temples with their merry ceremonies. Dittmars visual exploration