Footballer

Sport and art are a great combination and this footballer painting captures all the energy and movement of the beautiful game. The pose is everything — that split second of action frozen in time.

I painted this in acrylics using quite bold brushwork to suggest speed and motion. The background is kept loose and dynamic while the figure has more detail where your eye naturally lands — the face and the ball.

Whether you are a football fan or not I think there is something about the athleticism and drama of sport that translates really well into art.