shelleyhimmelstein

Caught up in the excitement again, this time I chose watercolor for its fluid, immediate and even unforgiving nature to capture the rhythms and motifs. As in the previous series, each work is done with the constraint to be completed during the live TV broadcast of a match.

For soccerscapes in oil and as feltworks, click here.

FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 2014

First Round (Groups). Enter  ->

  • 9jun_GER_4-CRC_2
  • 9jun_POL_0-ECU_2
  • 10jun-ENG_1-PAR_0
  • 10jun-TRI_0-SWE_0
  • 10jun-ARG_2-CIV_1
  • 11jun-SCG_0-NED_1
  • 11jun-MEX_2-IRN_1
  • 11jun-ANG_0-POR_1
  • 12jun-AUS_3-JPN_1
  • 12jun-USA_0-CZE_3
  • 12jun-ITA_2-GHA_0
  • 13jun-KOR_2-TOG_1
  • 13jun-FRA_0-SUI_0
  • 13jun-BRA_1-CRO_0
  • 14jun-ESP_4-UKR_0
  • 14jun-TUN_2-KSA_2
  • 14jun-GER_1-POL_0
  • 15jun-ECU_3-CRC_0
  • 15jun-ENG_2-TRI_0
  • 15jun-SWE_1-PAR_0
  • 16jun-ARG_6-SCG_0
  • 16jun-NED_2-CIV_1
  • 16jun-MEX_0-ANG_0
  • 17jun-POR_2-IRN_0
  • 17jun-CZE_0-GHA_2
  • 17jun-ITA_1-USA_1
  • 18jun-JPN_0-CRO_0
  • 18jun-BRA_2-AUS_0
  • 18jun-FRA_1-KOR_1
  • 19jun-TOG_0-SUI_2
  • 19jun-KSA_0-UKR_4
  • 19jun-ESP_3-TUN_1
  • 20jun-ECU_0-GER_3
  • 20jun-SWE_2-ENG_2
  • 21jun-POR_2-MEX_1
  • 21jun_NED_0-ARG_0
  • 22jun_CZE_0-ITA_2
  • 22jun-JAP_1-BRA_4
  • 23jun-KSA_0-ESP_1
  • 23jun-SUI_2-KOR_0

Second Round (16s, Quarter, Semifinals and Finals). Enter  ->

  • 24jun-GER_2-SWE_0
  • 24jun-ARG_2-MEX_1
  • 25jun-ENG_1-ECU_0
  • 25jun-POR_1-NED_0
  • 26jun-ITA_1-AUS_0
  • 26jun-SUI_0-UKR_3
  • 27jun-BRA_3-GHA_0
  • 27jun-ESP_1-FRA_3
  • 30jun-GER_4-ARG_2
  • 30jun-ITA_3-UKR_0
  • ENG_1-POR_3
  • BRA_0-FRA_1
  • GER_0-ITA_2
  • POR_0-FRA_1
  • GER_3-POR_1
  • 9jul-ITA_5-FRA_3

Materials:
Watercolor on handmade cotton rag paper, 12"x18" (30.5cmx46cm).