Pickleball 3D Work
Incorporating reclaimed pickleball gear, this series creativity intersects pickleball and cultural commentary. Through Pop art, bold visuals and repurposed materials, viewers can explore the connections between pickleball, identity, and the social landscape.
Memories of Miami Beach
Size: 24" (H) x 24 (L) x 3" (D)
Medium: acrylic, pickleballs and Florida sand on board
A playfull yet thought-provoking commentary about Florida’s beaches, capturing how, from a distance, vacationers create
a mosaic of rounded forms. Using pickleballs as the primary medium, the work reimagine these familiar human forms, reconstructing their essence through sculptural abstraction.
Through this transformation, the work invites viewers to reconsider perception, memory, and the interplay between nature and artistic interpretation, blending whimsical humour with cultural reflection.
T-4-4 (Tea For Four)
Size: 24" (H) x 30 (L) x 6" (D)
Medium: acrylic, pickleballs, epoxy resin and modeling clay
Sport and food are linked by tradition. For example, at Wimbledon one has an afternoon tea with strawberries and cream.
T-4-4 celebrates the impact of pickleball as a social activity by projecting artifacts on a different social tradition. The "5 o'clock tea time". The serving sets (cups, plates, cookies, sugar cibes etc.) symbolize how the game generates a new social activity.
PB Court
Size: 24" (H) x 30 (L) x 4" (D)
Medium: acrylic, pickleball on canvas
Celebrating the game and community participation. This work is espcially interesting when viewed next to the following work "War at PB Court".
War at PB Court
Size: 18" (H) x 24 (L) x 3" (D)
Medium: acrylic, pickleball pieces
This work envisions the devastating impact if war was to start on a pickleball court and its surrounding community, transforming a space of play, movement, and connection into a reflection of destruction and resilience. Superimposing the scars of conflict onto the court, earlier depicted in PB Court, this work serves as a stark juxtaposition between the joy of sport and the weight of violence.
Created in the fall of 2023, this work was deeply influenced by the Hamas terror attack on Israeli communities and by the war in Ukraine. The shattered remains of the court echo the trauma experienced by those caught in the conflict, urging viewers to contemplate the fragility of stability and the enduring strength of those who rebuild.
More than a commentary, this piece is a meditation on loss, survival, and the urgent need for peace. It challenges us to consider the spaces we take for granted, the places where we gather, compete, and forge connection and how war threatens to erase them.