Spiritual Core
This is one of my early paintings and it was where I first started exploring how to show circumambulation. That movement of people circling the Kaabah, this continuous turning that never stops. I kept coming back to that question in so many paintings after this, each time trying a different way to show it.
The brushwork here is looser than what I was doing at the time. The turquoise and blue strokes move in a circular motion, drawing downwards towards the Kaabah which sits lower in the composition. I was trying to get that sense of being pulled in, that gravitational feeling of everything moving towards one point.
100 × 100 cm Acrylic on canvas
Spiritual Core
Spiritual Core is held in a private collection.
Circumambulation reimagined. Loose, expressive brushstrokes in turquoise and blue swirl around the Kaabah, evoking the gravitational pull of faith at the spiritual core of the universe.
NOW IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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This painting is now in a private collection. If you are looking for an original painting for your home, I would be happy to discuss a commission with you.