Artist Statment

The Unexpected Ball

A sports junkie is someone who sees more than just the big picture, they have the ability to observe the entire field and focus on different aspects of the game rather than just watching to see who has the ball. Sports junkies sometimes inquire about why we don’t use the same ball for every sport?

Tlo the average eye, the basketball may appear to be awkwardly placed because the human eye is trained to recognizes a basketball and expect it in its usual norm. But to a sports junkie you see more than just the numorous places, you see the conditions it’s being placed in that could possible ruin and wear down the importance of the ball. The most important quality about a basketball is its texture, a ball without texture or gripping loses its significance and then becomes obsolete.