Double Dutch 1
Acrylics on paper "18 x "24
This is one of my favorite games to play when I was growing up. My cousins and I would jump rope for hours. We used two extension cords. We were careful of course….but I must admit, the sting from the POP of the wire motived me to stay in the rope and jump correctly…..OUGH!
We didn't do amazing tricks like the Double Dutch League but avoiding turning double handed and staying in the rope for more than one minute was our trick. We had fun. I wanted to recreate the moments of double dutch. Thanks to my sister Kish, her friend Kandis,and our cousin, Rashida, I created a series of three painting.
There are three phases of double dutch, in my opinion, first the moment before entering the rope. Count the beats, don’t get hit by the wire, jump in when rope on your side is up so your can enter, oh no WAIT! The rope is too fast, I keep missing the turn, forget it, stop being afraid, the rope is up now now, jump in now, keep your feet up, there you go…… JUMP, JUMP, JUMP!
