Bali Wall Art

Bali Wall Art

Bali wall art is dominated by water temples, chiefly Pura Ulun Danu Beratan floating at the edge of Lake Bratan, alongside the cliff top Uluwatu temple, the volcanoes Agung and Batur, and a cliff formation on the nearby island of Nusa Penida. Teal water and grey stone carry the range more than any single color.

Water Temples Outnumber Every Other Subject

More pieces here show a Hindu water temple than any other subject, most of them Pura Ulun Danu Beratan at sunrise, sunset or reflected still on the lake. Bali is majority Hindu, unlike the rest of Indonesia, and the temple's setting on the water is what makes it photograph so consistently well across every time of day.

Pura Ulun Danu Beratan Explained

The temple sits on the shore of Lake Bratan in the central highlands, dedicated to the lake goddess Dewi Danu, and its tiered thatched roofs appear to float when the water is still. Titles here spell it several ways, Beratan and Bratan both refer to the same lake and the same temple.

Uluwatu Is A Cliff Temple, Not A Lake Temple

Uluwatu sits on a limestone cliff above the ocean on Bali's southwestern tip, and the pieces showing it are built around a sunset silhouette rather than a still reflection. Anyone expecting calm water to match the lake temple pieces should look at the title first, since Uluwatu's drama comes from the cliff edge and the open ocean below it.

Two Volcanoes, One Sacred Mountain

Mount Agung and Mount Batur both appear here, and both are active volcanoes rather than simply scenic peaks. Agung is considered the most sacred mountain on the island and sits near the Besakih temple complex on its slopes, while Batur is smaller and holds its own crater lake, visible in the piece that pairs it with canoes.

Kelingking Beach Is Technically A Different Island

The aerial view of Kelingking Beach was taken on Nusa Penida, an island off Bali's southeast coast that is administered as part of Bali province but is not the main island itself. It is included here for that reason, and its pale cliffs and turquoise water look noticeably different from the green, temple heavy pieces that make up most of the range.

Sizing A Temple Reflection For A Quiet Room

A still lake reflection like Pura Ulun Danu Beratan holds its calm at almost any size, which makes it forgiving in a smaller room such as a bedroom or reading nook. The Uluwatu cliff pieces and the coastal aerials benefit from more width, since the drama depends on the eye traveling across open space.

Vertical Suits The Temple Towers, Panoramic Suits The Lake

The vertical pieces here follow a single temple tower or a tall coastal cliff, formats where height carries more information than width. The panoramic versions of the lake temple stretch the reflection out further, useful above a long low piece of furniture where a standard horizontal canvas would look undersized.

A Palette Of Teal Water And Grey Stone

Most of this range sits in green, teal and grey rather than the tropical orange sunsets a Bali search might suggest. The exceptions are the handful of sunset temple pieces, which shift toward gold and pink, and they pair better with warm wood tones than the cooler lake and cliff scenes do.

Nearby Collections For Temple And Island Subjects

For the country Bali sits within see Indonesia wall art, for warm coastal subjects generally see tropical wall art, and for volcano photography from elsewhere see volcano wall art.

How Each Canvas Is Made

Each canvas is printed after the order is placed, on museum quality material with archival inks that will not fade, stretched over a solid wooden frame, and shipped ready to hang at no extra shipping cost.

Common Questions

What does Bali wall art include here?

The water temple Pura Ulun Danu Beratan on Lake Bratan, the cliff top Uluwatu temple, the volcanoes Agung and Batur, the Besakih mother temple, and an aerial view of Kelingking Beach on the nearby island of Nusa Penida.

What is Pura Ulun Danu Beratan?

A Hindu water temple on the shore of Lake Bratan in Bali's central highlands, dedicated to the lake goddess Dewi Danu. Its tiered roofs appear to float on the water when the lake is calm, which is why it is photographed at sunrise and sunset more than any other subject here.

Is Kelingking Beach part of Bali island itself?

No. It sits on Nusa Penida, a separate island southeast of Bali that falls under Bali's provincial administration. The pale limestone cliffs there look distinctly different from the green, temple centered pieces elsewhere in this collection.

What colors dominate Bali wall art?

Green and teal from the lake and jungle settings, with grey stone temple roofs throughout. Sunset pieces at Uluwatu and the water temple shift toward gold and pink, and suit a warmer room better than the cooler lake pieces.

Which room suits a Bali temple canvas?

A bedroom or reading room, since the still water reflections read as calm rather than dramatic. Save the Uluwatu cliff and coastal aerial pieces for a living room or hallway with more wall space to let the width register.