Gwyneth Leech Studio
Midtown Cup
Cup of the Day #6
Midtown Cup by Gwyneth Leech
India Ink brush pen on white paper coffee cup
2009
I am a painter living in New York City. Oil paint on canvas is my primary medium but since 2007 I have also been drawing on my empty paper coffee cups.
Visit my blog www.gwynethsfullbrew.com to read my New York stories about art, life, tea and coffee.
This coffee cup thing started at a monthly meeting of artists in New York City when Styrofoam coffee cups were gone one day, replaced by these pristine white paper cups. I had a Rotring art pen in my pocket and two hours of sitting with a lot of energy in the room. I started to draw restlessly on my empty coffee cup and an obsession was born.
A stint of jury duty in the City some months later led to the elaboration of my technique with art pen and brush pens. I now save the cups from the drinks I buy and occasionally collect them from the other artists with whom I meet for tea or coffee around town. I wash and dry them and record on the bottom the date, place and occasion, as well as the drink that was consumed, thus capturing the social moment just passed.
Midtown Cup
Cup of the Day #6
Midtown Cup by Gwyneth Leech
India Ink brush pen on white paper coffee cup
2009
I am a painter living in New York City. Oil paint on canvas is my primary medium but since 2007 I have also been drawing on my empty paper coffee cups.
Visit my blog www.gwynethsfullbrew.com to read my New York stories about art, life, tea and coffee.
This coffee cup thing started at a monthly meeting of artists in New York City when Styrofoam coffee cups were gone one day, replaced by these pristine white paper cups. I had a Rotring art pen in my pocket and two hours of sitting with a lot of energy in the room. I started to draw restlessly on my empty coffee cup and an obsession was born.
A stint of jury duty in the City some months later led to the elaboration of my technique with art pen and brush pens. I now save the cups from the drinks I buy and occasionally collect them from the other artists with whom I meet for tea or coffee around town. I wash and dry them and record on the bottom the date, place and occasion, as well as the drink that was consumed, thus capturing the social moment just passed.