When it comes to tennis, the “Big Four” describes the players who have dominated the top four rankings for the last decade: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Although the era of the Big Four is most likely coming to an end, I thought it would be important to commemorate these men for the triumph and dominance for so many years.

PORTRAITS OF THE BIG FOUR

My name is Ainsley Knott, I have a passion for creating fun and inspiring artwork. I had an early love for drawing action heroes, which I guess I never really grew out of and also grew up playing tennis. The combination of the two lead to this artwork.

I always had an admiration for the sport and it’s players and a while back I was inspired to create a caricature of Nadal, for my own entertainment. Due to the popularity of that, I later decided to do one of Djokovic which I had great fun with. When I shared it with people it proved really popular and many were saying it would be great to see versions of the other two players as well.

So that’s where they idea to create this series of artworks came from. Two have already been completed in Nadal and Djokovic but I have started works on Federer and will follow finally with one of Murray to complete the collection.

Periodically, I’ll release a limited edition art prints and donate 30% of the proceeds to a each tennis star’s own.