COFFEE TALKS

Coffee reading is a practice that dates back to the 16th century in the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. Fortune tellers make predictions from coffee ground patterns. Given that I lack fortune telling attributes for this art project I used my imagination and portrayed the abstract concepts I see in the coffee sediments onto a blank canvas, combining the base image of the coffee sediments and adding layers of photographs to convert a conceptual thought into an image.

The Virgin Universal symbol of femininity, devotion, purity, submission and motherhood, often viewed as an impossible ideal.	The Kiss Love, passion, devotion for one another expressed in one kiss.	Complement Man and woman, complementary forces interacting to form a dynamic system, a sum greater than each individual part.
Self Portrait A woman in constant struggle with the bright and dark side of her personality.	Mi Arnau My ideal man…honorable, guided by integrity, courage, empathy and responsibility. A man who is sincere, respectful and dignified.	Hawk and Lady A lady and a hawk or vice versa...Who is leading the flight? Are they one force combined?
Portrait of a Shaman Noun. “One who knows”. Someone who is regarded as having access to the energy, consciousness, and protection of the spiritual world, connecting to the Universe and practicing divination and healing.	Shaman and Blackbird Shamans consider blackbirds a symbol of spirituality, wisdom, ominousness and protection. It’s the voice of a mother protecting, responding, advising, even scolding her daughter…love at its utmost degree.	Lady ASH Thoughts of Nature, Ash trees, carbon, water and nutrient exchange of forests through underground network of fungus in an engineer's analytical mind.
Female Torso The beauty of the female body straight off a coffee cup.

COFFEE TALKS

The Virgin Universal symbol of femininity, devotion, purity, submission and motherhood, often viewed as an impossible ideal.

The Kiss Love, passion, devotion for one another expressed in one kiss.

Complement Man and woman, complementary forces interacting to form a dynamic system, a sum greater than each individual part.

Self Portrait A woman in constant struggle with the bright and dark side of her personality.

Mi Arnau My ideal man…honorable, guided by integrity, courage, empathy and responsibility. A man who is sincere, respectful and dignified.

Hawk and Lady A lady and a hawk or vice versa...Who is leading the flight? Are they one force combined?

Portrait of a Shaman Noun. “One who knows”. Someone who is regarded as having access to the energy, consciousness, and protection of the spiritual world, connecting to the Universe and practicing divination and healing.

Shaman and Blackbird Shamans consider blackbirds a symbol of spirituality, wisdom, ominousness and protection. It’s the voice of a mother protecting, responding, advising, even scolding her daughter…love at its utmost degree.

Lady ASH Thoughts of Nature, Ash trees, carbon, water and nutrient exchange of forests through underground network of fungus in an engineer's analytical mind.

Female Torso The beauty of the female body straight off a coffee cup.