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by Siddiqa Juma
Every piece is an act of Devotion
Every piece an act of Devotion
About Spiritual Core
The Kaabah sits low on the canvas, small, still, absolute. Around it, loose expressive brushstrokes spiral outward in turquoise and blue, pulling the eye downward into a circling motion that echoes the circumambulation of Tawaaf. There is a gravitational pull to this piece, a sense that everything in the universe is being drawn down into a single, sacred point. Spiritual Core is an invitation to feel that pull, the quiet, irresistible draw of faith.
Behind the Painting
I kept thinking about Tawaaf, about what it actually felt like to walk around the Kaabah. I felt that pull as I moved, the way my body was drawn into the orbit of it. I was not walking in a straight line. I was circling something, and the closer I got, the stronger the pull became. I placed the Kaabah low on the canvas deliberately, to show that we are pulled down into it like a vortex. I wanted to paint that feeling rather than the place. Not the Kaabah as a building, but the Kaabah as a gravitational centre. The tiny cube at the bottom of this painting is the Kaabah. Everything else is the universe being drawn toward it.
How It Was Made
I worked in concentric circles, loading the brush and sweeping it around the canvas in long, continuous arcs. The paint builds up in layers, each pass adding depth and texture, the colours shifting between teal, turquoise, silver, grey, olive, and rust as the eye travels inward toward the centre. The Kaabah is painted last. Small. Black. A single cube sitting still at the heart of everything. The brushstrokes are raised and directional. When the light catches the surface at an angle, the circular movement of the paint becomes almost three-dimensional.
Spiritual Core in your home
Spiritual Core in your home
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The details
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Siddiqa Juma is a Muslim artist whose work sits at the intersection of faith, identity, and contemporary art. Every piece begins with intention and is made as an act of devotion.
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The original painting this print is based on may be available. If you would like to own the original, or commission a new piece made specifically for your home, get in touch. Commissions are taken on a limited basis.
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Keep it out of direct sunlight where possible. Archival paper holds its colour well, but prolonged UV exposure will fade any print over time.
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