My Winter Holiday Dancer

[browngirl]

Holiday Dancer v 1 My favorite of the holiday cards I drew myself. Note her Eastern pose and Western colors and symbols.

As I said above, this drawing is, at least from within my little head, an East and West fusion. I drew it after reading a lot about Indian and Chinese art, and took the pose from dancing Indian deities. But the dancer is definetely meant to be European and her circle is a holly garland.

I don't know if anyone else saw that, but that's what I put in it, and I wanted to write an entry about it.

Comments

[kshandra]

Speaking of your holiday cards, I got mine in the mail this week - thank you! (I was intending to get my cards FINALLY done today, but failed my saving throw vs. inertia.)

[hanseth.livejournal.com]

Yes -- love your card this year! I adore St. Lucia with dark skin. It makes me so happy.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I hadn't made the connections you had intended, though I did sense something "exotic" in the pose. I sort of thought it fit with your minoan interest somehow.

It's good to see it blown up big enough to see the holly leaves and berries in the border. I confess that in the moments after reading that it was your holiday icon, but before the larger image opened behind the cut tag, my eyes parsed the border as a string of outdoor christmas lights. Oops!

I see it differently now.

[cellio]

She struck me as Indian-posed (while obviously not Indian) when I first saw her, but I didn't make all the connections you put there. Thanks for explaining!

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

I've loved this, but appreciate her even more now!

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

I have seen that particular pose in Indian dancing and in Native American dancing, and some wall drawings in the Mediterranean. (No, I don't read history for fun or anything like that.)

I simply took it as as lovely young woman dancing. The holly leaves are more than a bit Celtic
(another hobby horse of mine). I love the picture, and think it is really quite lovely.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

This has always been one of my favorite drawings of yours.

[awfief.livejournal.com]

purty!

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

My weak art background missed all those associations so I'm glad you posted an entry about it.