I’ve always loved Whirling Dervishes!
Maybe because when I dance I whirl about the same way ~ in a sort of trance ~ where spirit takes me away…spinning around and around. Probably some of my happiest moments in my life have been in that whirling state!
In 2005 I started painting whirling dervishes on paper lamp shades and sold/displayed them at Sky People Gallery in Asheville, NC. Since then I have some doodles but last month I became very drawn to painting them again. It is very healing for me to paint them and I’m not sure why. I guess music and dance have always been very healing for me.
Now I’m looking for places to show and sell them. I’m putting a few up in my ETSY & ZIBBET shops. I hope to join The Bennington Arts Guild and sell them there if accepted and South Street Cafe in Bennington, I will have a show there in October. I’ll also have them at Third Thursdays in Pittsfield, Ma. with The Berkshire Made artisans.
I’m really in a trance when I dance and find when I paint whirling dervishes it is also like a trance! Great joy for me! I hope you like them as much as I like painting them!
To see real Whirling Dervishes go to You Tube “Authentic Whirling Dervishes”. Very facinating indeed!
My shops ~
www.zibbet.com/theartangel
www.theartangel.etsy.com
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I love it!