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Jonas Wood’s Master Strokes

The L.A.-based painter who memorably captured the art of basketball has turned his attention to the bold colors and contrasts of tennis courts. Here, he explains his lifelong love of Lichtenstein (“the GOAT”) and the importance of painting what matters—which in his case includes the ATP.

Jonas Wood
"Truthfully, the interest in tennis courts comes down to just color theory. I’m really into color and pushing its boundaries, especially when it’s very bold. So, reinvestigating it, I had this idea to start collecting these photos, watching the matches, and making these obsessed collages," says Jonas Wood. Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Gagosian
Dan Duray
March 22, 2026

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Gagosian gallery always stages a major exhibition in Los Angeles over Oscar weekend, and this year was no exception. Last weekend, at the gallery’s Beverly Hills outpost, Jonas Wood debuted a new body of work, a series of paintings of tennis courts. It didn’t hurt that the opening coincided with the very chic Indian Wells tournament, out in the desert. But the fact that an artist primarily known as a master of interiors was having an exhibition of the paintings he’d made of tennis courts was itself a big deal.