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By DOUG MacCASH
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 Tennis icon Martina Navratilova, left, and artist Juraj Kralik use tennis balls, paint and canvas to create artworks in New Orleans' City Park. (Photo by Danny Bourque)
NEW ORLEANS — Tennis legend Martina Navratilova conducted a demonstration this week at the City Park Tennis Center. But it wasn't the kind of demonstration one would expect.
Navratilova was creating art. She and partner-in-art Juraj Kralik have invented a method for making abstract paintings by hitting paint-soaked tennis balls against clay- and grass-coated canvases.
But the method is not without its faults. Ricochets can be a problem, Navratilova said. Once in a while, the paint-coated tennis balls rebound unexpectedly, putting colored splotches on her clothes. Then, her tennis racket can get heavy with paint, since she sometimes hits thousands of paint-bearing balls to complete one canvas. And her sunglasses and jewelry always wind up speckled with color. |
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Mark DiIonno is a columnist at The Star-Ledger, the author of three books and father of six children. 