Coffee for Two
Artist: Brian Netten
2005
The Process
I used acrylic paints on canvas.
Motivation
The history of coffee has been recorded as far back as the ninth century.[1] At first, coffee remained largely confined to Ethiopia, where its native beans were first cultivated by Ethiopian highlanders. However, the Arab world began expanding its trade horizons, and the beans moved into Yemen, where until ca 1700 the major emporium was Mocha, and thence to North Africa and were mass-cultivated. From there, the beans entered the Indian and European markets, and the popularity of the beverage spread.
