My ball, my game 5

My ball, my game 5 – La mia palla, il mio gioco 5 – 我的球，我的

遊戲 5

2018 – Acrylic and oil on canvas – 壓克力顏料,油畫顏料,畫布 – 20x20cm

Bird: Rigogolus Neapolitani, 那不勒斯朱鸝 (Blue Neapolitan Oriole)

This is a painting of a series I have recently created, dealing with the ‘beautiful game’ of Football, where players are actually team-colour-feathered birds.
I wanted to concentrate on the amusing aspects of this game, whose essence is in a ball and a group of friends having fun with it.
This one in particular represents a “Rigogulus Neapolitani” waiting to kick. It’s a morning match and probably the other players are still waking up from their nests.

Sport is or should be important in anyone’s life. For the little ones it’s just playtime, the joy to move and being with friends; the ball is just an excuse to have fun together.

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