Ultimate tournaments in Kanata Ontario and Rochester NY

 

Near Ottawa there are a few large suburbs including Kanata, and Carp (where my sister lives). I went to an Ultimate tournament as part of a team, and made a few paintings of the action. This scene depicts the disk flying through the air after a 'pull', that is, when the play starts one team throws it to the other teams. The opposition is standing on the sidelines across the field watching on.  5 x 8" cold press, watercolour, 2000-2002?

And the real action, eating. I was inspired by the arrangement of the marker cone, bananas, oranges, and the line markers. The Kanata fields are built upon an old sod farm, so the grass was luxurious and perfectly flat. Ideal for ultimate. This is a good example of using a neutral (olive greenish) background to enhance the bright colours of the objects. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 2000-2002?

 

This one was done at a different tournament I went to in Rochester NY, called the Zodiac tournament. It is a pickup tournament where the teams are formed based on zodiac sign, so the teams are basically people who have never played together as a team. We did quite well, and had a lot of fun. I tackled this scene with my brush, you see the person with their hand up was about to pull (throw the disk to the other team). We were on a break between games, waiting for our turn to play. I got the port-o-lets in there too! I think I remember the date because I bought two disks with the date on them, one my Dad still has, the other I used so much it fell apart.

5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 2001