This painting portraits an asian exotic dance display of a lady. This dance is a popular traditional dance commonly seen in Myanmar (Burma). The dance is mostly performed on stages together with a group of comedians supporting the dancer.

Usually performed in special occasions such as town gatherings, harvest festivals and new year. This form of dance is extremely difficult and the dancer has to be able to sing while performing difficult choreography. In the ancient time the dancers and comedian do not use any microphone assistance and still manage to perform over a large audience.

To learn this kind of dance one has to learn to sing, dance and perform jokes with comedian. This is highly admired form of performance even now. In the ancient times, the dancer and her musian, comedians would travel from one city or town to another through out the year to perform on different occassions. Famous dancers would perform for the king in the palace for King's special occasions.

The painting is carefully crafted with various semi precious gem stones lay out by hand. The stones are first broken into various sizes and shapes with handcraft tools. The artist then choose the stones to be used for different color combinations and shapes on the painting. You can clearly see how stones are carefully arranged and how stones colors has to fit perfectly to create a potrait like this. It takes time to create this painting and the end result is a painting that would capture ones admiration.

This gemstone painting is perfect for hanging in living rooms, bed rooms, hotels or in the offices.