TWO adjacent houses located in RT 2, RW 3, Sidomukti Village, Yosomulyo Village, Gambiran District, it looks like there is a painting of Naruto and a lion with striking colors. In that place, also a lot of piles of sepanram (square stick for spreading cloth) and rolls of canvas cloth.
When Jawa Pos Radar Genteng came to the house yesterday afternoon (7/10), House owner, Gatot Suprobo, looks busy doing production preparations. "Come in,” he said when he saw this newspaper reporter coming while inviting him to the living room decorated with pixel paintings of legong dancers.
Gatot Suprobo is known as a pointilist painter. During this time his work has been spread in a number of art markets in Bali. “I made the initial painting out of an urge to improve living standards,said Ririn Suharini's husband, 37, that. Before pursuing the world of painting, Gatot works as a farm labourer. The job was dilakoni long enough with mediocre results.
"When I go to the chili garden, I leave at night until morning, and the pay is not much," he said. The painting started at the beginning of the year 2011. At that time he decided to go to Bali to seek experience and learn skills. "I was stranded in the Sukawati area," he said.
Without experience and skills, in an area known as a painting center, Gatot started to learn painting from his roommate. "I can quickly, painting is easy,He said. While in the Sukowati area, Gatot admitted that he learned many valuable lessons. Besides being able to learn to paint, can also find out the market share in Bali.
"To be able to meet the market share, must enter the affordable art market," he said. From those experiences and lessons, the father of one child taught himself to do pointilist painting. The results turned out to be quite promising for the needs of his small family.
In every shipment, he was able to send dozens of paintings. The painting is priced starting at Rp 50 thousand to Rp 400 thousand. "One send can net around Rp 2 million," he said. A market that looks easy doesn't mean it's without obstacles. If it coincides with the ceremonial season, you can be sure that the transactions carried out run smoothly but there is no money.
“Payment is delayed, we don't get money," he said. The choice to pursue painting in fulfilling life, much influenced by the artists in his environment. They have a lot to influence his way of thinking and the direction of his life.
"I used to be a farm laborer and now I'm learning to paint,he explained. Many arts knowledge was born from talent since childhood. But, for him all that can be defeated by study and serious practice. "The proof is yes I am, drawing is not a talent since childhood, but want to learn," he said.
From the experience of learning to paint it, he has a wish that the youth around his house who have a hobby of drawing can develop again. "Why did I think here would be an art center, children, if you can, that's great,"hope". The existence of a painter like Gatot was acknowledged by Beny Lukman, Banyuwangi painter who still has a relative relationship with Gatot. According to him, painting skills like pioneering can be learned quickly.
“Six months can be proficient,He said. Although using the method of dots on the painting, Beny said that what was done could be called a painting artist. It cannot be separated from the way of making which starts with making a painting background.
"The dots are the method, before that they drew first," he explained. Difficulties in the development of painting in Banyuwangi, currently exist in the market and raw materials. Banyuwangi residents are still not consumptive for painting. Besides that, the price of raw materials is also very much different from in Bali.
"If it's oil paint, maybe it's here, but materials like spanram, paint for pointilist is only in Bali, if in Banyuwangi there is a very expensive price," he said. (radar))
