Game Theory

An illustration series about the games we play with ourselves: masks, likes, treasure and time. Ink and colour, drawn in 2024 and 2025.

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I draw ideas about the human condition, in ink first and then in colour, the colour that feels as though it has disappeared from the world. The figures in Game Theory are players: in bubbles, on clouds, on question blocks, each caught in a game they did not notice they had joined. The series lives at Lineoften.

Little: a figure in a mask stepping out of a shell, a pearl in hand, an hourglass floating by — Little. Immutable Treasure.

Immutable Treasure: a figure holding a gold coin to the chest, whales and mushrooms floating in bubbles — Little. Immutable Treasure.

The Virgin of Time: a woman with a halo holding a pocket watch, a hummingbird at her shoulder — The Virgin of Time. Lotus Emergence.

Lotus Emergence: a woman standing on an open lotus, a bee and mushrooms floating around her — The Virgin of Time. Lotus Emergence.

Touching Essence: a figure in purple reaching for a bubble, a fish and a plant floating past — Touching Essence. Be You.

Be You: a woman in a patterned dress sitting on a slice of fruit, a bee overhead — Touching Essence. Be You.

Social Game: a figure with a halo bent over a phone, a question block and a bee beside — Social Game. Player 1.

Player 1: a figure in overalls holding a palette and brush, a chameleon on the arm — Social Game. Player 1.