Recently some professional painting artists has explored the technical way of batik to produce painting art as like as oil, acrylic or water color painting on canvas.
Trough visual art Heri Dono wants to be 'Panakawan' who always presents critical opinion for society and whoever holding the power. Heri Dono thinks that the role of an artist is like as 'Panakawan' who can be an entertainer and a critic.