The Lines of Play

Lines of Play explores the geometry of outdoor basketball courts through colour, line and spatial tension. Each work begins with an original photograph of a court surface, capturing the painted markings, worn textures and subtle shifts in light that appear across these public spaces.

The photographs are printed onto canvas and then reworked by hand. Painted layers are applied across sections of the surface, softening the photographic image and emphasising the structural lines that organise the court.

By isolating fragments of the court — arcs, baselines, intersections and centre markings — the series shifts the viewer’s attention away from the game itself and toward the quiet architecture of play. Familiar sporting surfaces become minimal compositions of colour and form, where movement is suggested through line rather than action.

Lines of Play sits between photography and painting, exploring how everyday urban environments can reveal unexpected abstraction when viewed through the language of geometry and light.