February 11 Coffee With Crane

One of the cranes from last night's painting is still in the picture. It flew into a quick little composition that took about 30 years and 15 minutes to paint, and became part of the duo: Coffee with Crane.

8" x 10" $420

January 30 Turkish Coffee

Let's celebrate almost one month of daily paintings and have a little cup of Turkish coffee. Most everyone knows how much I like coffee. I have a variety of coffee "makers" from the daily Proctor Silex to a French press, ceramic tea pot type coffee pot and the Turkish set. It's a collection. I've even roasted green coffee beans and though it was a fun experiment, I generally leave the roasting to the experts.

I work with Mark Turner at the Five Wings Arts Council. Mark likes coffee dark and strong. So do I. He surprised me when he said that one of the best cups of coffee in the area can be had at Burger King. It surprised me because I'd made the same discovery some years ago.

8" x 10" $300

January 16 Favorite Coffee Mug

My computer screen saver is a photo of my yellow Minnesota Public Radio coffee mug. Steam rises in the morning sunlight streaming through the living room window. If you were to look closely, you can see that Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood, my all time favorite television show, is on the TV in the background. These are a few of my favorite things: coffee (I could be the poster child, er, adult, for coffee drinkers), Minnesota Public Radio and Sunday morning television programming.

Today's painting is another of my favorite coffee mugs. It's one of Beth's hand thrown mugs and I love it. The yellow background is a nod to sunny mornings, the steam rises like in my screen saver photo, and the painting has a poster quality to it.

8" x 10" SOLD