2.2.1 First Steps
I had made a painting on a large brown wrapping paper but had not finished it till 2 months after I had actually started it. With the use of hockey sticks a tennis ball and marbles I started creating. I dipped the balls in different colors of paint and then continued to pass the balls using the hockey sticks too and from a friend. Both the ball and the hockey stick created lines and patterns of color. When looking at the piece afterwards i was drawn mostly to the two blue lines I had drawn in the form of the letter X. I was not satisfied with the painting at this point as I could not relate it to the rest of the drawings I had previously done. The drawing needed something, it needed a connection. Months later when looking again at the painting I saw something, I saw a game in the drawing, a feeling of play came to me. I remembered the game from my childhood, naughts and crosses. I suddenly felt the urge to draw to more lines in parallel to the ones that were already there. Suddenly i found my connection, the piece had came alive to me. All my previous pieces have derived out of play and here i had a piece that that did the same but with a double meaning, made with the use of a game,a game was found in a game.
The Picture Measures 2m by 2m