Laura Tetrault
Romantic Artwork | Impressionist Paintings | Life on Canvas
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Mocha Moment is my submission to Tastefest in Chatham, ON at the Downtown Chatham Center July 11-13, 2009.
It was going to be a bowl of fruit.
Because I am still a novice with wine, and haven't developed a love for it I decided not to paint wine bottles and their lovely glasses. I believe that I create better art when it is based on subject that holds some meaning for me.
I wanted to create something a bit personal.
For the record, I don't drink coffee either.
So you may wonder why the bowl of coffee?
The smell of coffee beans and brewing coffee enchants me. There is a wonderful rich, earthy smell. I am actually considering setting out a bowl of coffee beans on my kitchen counter, but either Chloe or the cats will make that a bad idea.
The round shapes of the coffee bowls and the pretty patterns that barista's make in lattes fascinate me as well. I'd love to be a coffee "snob" as some of my friends deem them. Coffee conesseuirs buy lattes, and fancy teas with steamed milk, and esspressos and all sorts of other things I can'r pronounce at Starbucks - well at least that is what I imagine a coffee conesseuir would do.
I love the feel of holding a hot tea or a mug of hot chocolate on a cold day and absorbing all its warmth, cupping my hands around my warm beverage of choice for the day and curling up on the couch talking with a friend.
So how did a bowl of fruit become a mug of mocha?
I am a bit of an introvert (shocking! an introverted artist!!) and I need my own space, where no one can bug me or get to me. At least every now and then. My husband understands this and offered to work from home so that I could go out for the evening.
It was after nine, but I have to take the opportunities when they come up. I threw my sketchbook into my bag and headed off to Chapters to see what would jump out at me. That night I was extremely bored of myself, and of just about everything else, so not surprisingly, nothing jumped off the shelf at me.
A little disappointed I left and headed to Williams, with the intention of purchasing an overpriced tea, doing some covert people watching and perhaps some sketching.
I didn't buy a tea.
I bought an Earl Grey tea with steamed milk and vanilla. I keep trying to be a conesseuir but I don't think it is working. It came in a wonderful bowl of a cup, not like any I had at home, so I pulled out my pencil and did a sketch of the cup and the intersecting lines and went home.
Later, I continued to play around with composition options for my bowl of fruit and I didn't really love any of the options. I kept coming back to the simple sketch of the cup. Eventually, I gave in and changed the plan.
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