Jonas Wood (b. 1977) is known for turning everyday imagery into bold, graphic compositions that blend fine art with pop culture. Drawing on recurring motifs such as plants, interiors, and sports, his work explores how personal interests and mass-produced images shape contemporary visual life.
The Double Basketball Orchid series brings these ideas into a single, playful form. Here, orchid blossoms are transformed into basketballs, complete with seam lines and brand markings, fused to elegant stems and roots. Across different “states” of the image, Wood shifts color and background—from warm neutrals to dark fields or wood-grain textures—while keeping the core motif intact.
By pairing a cultivated flower with a symbol of athletic spectacle and branding, Wood collapses the divide between nature and commerce, still life and sports iconography. The result is both humorous and precise, reflecting his signature approach: reworking familiar forms into images that feel at once intimate, iconic, and unmistakably contemporary.
