The intersection of Coffee and Art: Mona Latte

Coffee art Mona latte

Karen Eland, an American painter from Oregon who loves Espresso coffee, came up with the idea of using Espresso coffee instead of watercolors to recreate classic paintings such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.

Ten years ago, when Karen Eland was drinking coffee in a coffee shop, he came up with the idea of painting with Espresso coffee: since coffee can dye clothes, why not paint with it? She acted immediately and liked not only the effect of coffee painting, but also the taste of coffee painting. From then on, she recreated many classic paintings with Espresso coffee, and always added coffee patterns to the paintings, such as the coffee cup held in the Mona Lisa's hand.

In addition, she named her work for coffee: "Mona Lis" became "Mona Latte", "Thinker" became "Drinker", and "Gothic" (American Gothic) became "Gothic" (Americano Gothic).

It takes about a week to paint with coffee on watercolor paper, and coffee paintings can sell for up to 1200 pounds.

Painter Karen Eland

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