Title:

Gamble Debt

Materials:

Spray paint, acrylic paint, vintage collage, grease pen on handmade wood and MDF panel

Size:

24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)

Year:

2026

Description:

Gamble Debt is a 2026 mixed media graffiti painting by Roche Jackson, created on a 24 x 36 inch handmade wood and MDF panel. The work explores nostalgia, consumer memory, and the emotional residue of American leisure culture, inspired by memories of 1990s baseball games filled with hot dogs, crowds, beer, and stadium energy.

The composition incorporates vintage collage elements including a YoPlay yogurt advertisement featuring Tommy Lasorda, alongside imagery of classic Harley Davidson branding and layered consumer ephemera. These nostalgic fragments are disrupted and partially obscured by aggressive spray-painted marks, acrylic layers, and grease pen gestures, creating a tension between visibility and erasure.

Blues and whites dominate the palette, evoking Los Angeles Dodgers-inspired nostalgia while also referencing the personal and cultural history surrounding Tommy Lasorda and gambling addiction. The painting investigates how memory is constructed through consumer branding, sports mythology, and fragmented recollection, blending street art abstraction with archival collage.