My wife and I have coffee almost every morning in the same room in our house. I almost always get out of bed before her so I brew the coffee and when she wakes up I bring her a cup. We talk, philosophize, plan, argue, and mostly just connect to each other.
I wanted to convey the setting for a morning ritual of drinking coffee between two people. I wanted to have a feeling of intimacy and closeness and warmth and an invitation for the viewer to be one of those people and imagine a morning such as this one. I chose to use a ball of light instead of a structured light like a lamp because I wanted to indicate a glow of warmth or love taking place between the two. I wanted to indicate that drinking coffee together is more than just sipping on a beverage but it’s a chance to connect to your loved ones. I used coffee colors to take the painting to a place of abstraction from the actual scene. I made a diorama as a reference for the painting that I based on images of the room in my home where my wife and I have our morning coffee together.
I wanted to convey the setting for a morning ritual of drinking coffee between two people. I wanted to have a feeling of intimacy and closeness and warmth and an invitation for the viewer to be one of those people and imagine a morning such as this one. I chose to use a ball of light instead of a structured light like a lamp because I wanted to indicate a glow of warmth or love taking place between the two. I wanted to indicate that drinking coffee together is more than just sipping on a beverage but it’s a chance to connect to your loved ones. I used coffee colors to take the painting to a place of abstraction from the actual scene. I made a diorama as a reference for the painting that I based on images of the room in my home where my wife and I have our morning coffee together.