Coffee Creations

Recent Shows

karen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:53:10 +0000

In February I had a show up at Dudley’s Bookstore in downtown Bend, OR. Here’s the upstairs reading room area:

Dudley's Bookstore

Last week I went to Seattle to hang coffee art in Irwin’s Bakery and Cafe and The Green Room. Irwin’s is a charming shop on 40th St. in the Wallingford area, with delicious homemade food as well as coffee. Stop in if you’re in Seattle; the show will be up through the end of March.

Irwin's Coffeehouse

The Green Room is a green coffee bean storage facility. Almost all the coffee in the Northwest goes through this warehouse on its way to local shops and roasters. You can see some of the bean bags through the office windows.

The Green Room

Article in Greek Magazine

karen — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:47:59 +0000

Anyone read Greek? I’m flattered that this magazine in Greece did a feature on my coffee creations, though I can’t read it!

Press Explosion!

Tour de France

karen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:03:37 +0000

Here’s a new painting in progress. I’m taking suggestions; should the biker be receiving a coffee from a bystander? Should there be a cafe table with people enjoying coffees while watching the race? Or should I just finish it as in the reference photo? Vote quickly and check back to see which idea won!

New Painting- Ophelia’s Coffee Break

karen — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:20:35 +0000

“Ophelia’s Coffee Break” is now available. She’s about 16×24″, inspired by Waterhouse’s “Ophelia”. This original is selling for $650; contact me if you’re interested. We also have prints and cards available in the store.

Neat- I got to be a trivia question!

karen — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:39:09 +0000

I guess it would be more correct to say a trivia question’s answer. A friend told me she heard this on the NPR show “The Splendid Table” the other day. If you want to listen, click here. It’s in the trivia section in the middle of the show.

New Art on Display

karen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:53:03 +0000

Yesterday I took more art to Green Plow Coffee Roasters, downtown Redmond, OR. Stop in if you missed the show at COCC.

Show at Green Plow Coffee in Redmond

karen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:53 +0000

Passing through Redmond, Oregon anytime in December? Stop in at new and charming Green Plow Coffee Roasters and enjoy some coffee and art. On Saturday, Dec. 5th, I’ll be adding the new art from the COCC gallery.

The Latest Paintings

karen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:14:56 +0000

Today was a happy and rare day- I actually completed three paintings.

This one is called “Ophelia’s Coffee Break”. The original is by Waterhouse, the same artist who I’ve paid homage to with my “Lady of Chocolat”.

And this one, “Rx Espresso”, was commissioned by the new shop of that name, near a hospital in Juneau, Alaska. Perhaps I’m starting a medical series- a few years ago, I was commissioned to paint the famous nurse Florence Nightingale.

And the third painting has to remain a secret for now. I’ll let you in on it when I’m allowed to.

All of these and the ones in the previous post will be available as prints by Christmas time. If you are interested in the originals, please contact me.

New Art!

karen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:12:05 +0000

I’ve been hard at work in my new studio; here are some of the results. They aren’t quite ready for prints yet, but should be in time for Christmas. Contact me if you would like to purchase something.

This is “DaVinci’s Barista”, about 32×36″. His original includes text about the measurements of the human body, but since this was for the COCC gallery’s “Show of Words”, I changed the text to be coffee related. He holds the tools of the Barista’s trade, and is standing on bags of coffee.

DaVinci's Barista

Here are two more from the “Show of Words”, scenes from the unroasted coffee area of Backporch Coffee Roasters. These will become a part of a new series on coffee from the seed to the cup. Each is 10×12″.

Beans 1

Beans 2

Vermeer is one of my favorite artists. Here’s “The Milkmaid” now transformed into a latte-art pouring barista. She is 16×20″.

Vermeer's Barista

Gallery show at Central Oregon Community College

karen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:24:44 +0000

I was honored to have several new pieces included in the show “The Nature of Words” at the Central Oregon Community College gallery. I created “DaVinci’s Barista”, “Vermeer’s Barista”, and “Beans 1″ and “Beans 2″. The show went along with the college’s literary event and the art needed to include words in some way, so I reworked da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” text to be about coffee, and thought the origin words on the bags of beans would count as well.