Earthquakes, tsunami, civil unrest in Aceh and East Timor, and terrorist bombings have focused the world's attention on Indonesia--a large, complex and beautiful nation of 17,000 islands and hundreds of languages which enjoys a great diversity of art and culture. Now is a good time to remind the world of these resources and, in a spirit of solidarity with the people of Indonesia, to help make them available to a wider audience.

Supported by patrons in Indonesia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom--led by principal patron Dugal Muller--Danielle Eubank is working to celebrate the people, landscape, elephants, and artistic heritage of the island of Bali. Located in Ubud, a centre of traditional Balinese arts, she has created a series of paintings, while exchanging ideas with local artists with a view to subsequent exhibitions in Singapore and Jakarta.

For those supporting the initiative, this represents an opportunity to do good, to support the exchange of artistic ideas, to promote the local culture and, in short, to patronise an artistic collaboration between cultures. In this way we can help to shift the world's attention to the positive features of the region.

Somewhat in the spirit of Paul Gauguin's Tahiti paintings, Danielle Eubank wishes to contribute a lasting record of Balinese art and culture and, by working with Balinese artists, to share their way of looking at the world through their art.