From the Ashes to art, a colourful innings for Michael Vaughan FIELD WORK: Michael Vaughan has turned cricket into art. Lauren Potts = AFTER taking the England cricket team to victory in the 2005 Ashes, Michael Vaughan ‘snow looking to make a similarly big impression on the art world ‘The retired sportsmari has spent the last 12 months hurling paint smothered cricket balls at canvases, whether thats through the mic of colours, or by bating the bal or rolling itacross the floor. Every canvas different. I's fun, but take it very seriously.” saysV ‘who has ereated more than ‘5Dcanvases since last December. Vaughan is not the fist sports personality to take adetour into the world ‘of modern art When rain stopped play at Lords or the (Oval, he would often visit nearby art galleries, and it ‘was there he saw Martina Navratilova exhibition of work created by hitting paint-soaked tennis bas. “Tihinkall sportsmen are artists when they ate on the field he says."Allthe emotions you feel when you are playing ericket are the ‘same emotions that gointo ‘making ar.” Some of Vaughan former colleagues inchiding Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff have contibuted nung for an exhib ‘Vaughan art-balling collection is now being shown at Castle Galleries in Leeds, Harrogate, Sheffield Meadowhall and York. ‘Artwork sold before ‘December 20 will be entered into prize draw to win an art-balling session with Vaughan himself.