Number 100! Café Blanco'

42" x 42" acrylic on canvas... white on white

Number 100, I know, I can't believe it. It's white on white, "Café Blanco'", very white. Number 98 and 100 make a nice pair. In the video that I posted of the open house, you get a glimpse of both these paintings. This one looks like a blank canvas or blank space in the video, but is is not. It is... the white coffee cup.

Need a little color? I did too after that, so I give to you a celebration painting....... a toast! To 100 Coffee Cups Paintings and the fun we had with this series!

18"x14" mixed media on canvas

This is titled "Thirsty" and I actually finished and sold it on April 27th. This painting and a few others that were hanging around it, gave me the inspiration for my next series of 100 paintings. 

"Spirits"... I've painted drink paintings that are mixed with spirits, figurative paintings that are spiritual and sometimes I paint where my spirit takes me! 

I was talking to Prairie Jill about this next series and she summed it up very well with the following words:  "Ooh, Spirits - I like that. Let's see, free spirits (like those wonderful abstract women you paint), blithe spirits, alcoholic spirits, ghostly spirits. Oh, yeah!! "

For now, I thought I would take 100 days of vacation with no expectation! This doesn't mean I won't paint.... I just may not paint anything I'm expecting (or is that expected?) to paint that is a part of any series!

Where is that cake Myra sent me? Mmmmm.... M&M's...... Thanks Myra!

Oh, I love chocolate! So good with coffee.....

-jM

Coffee Cup Paintings Finale!

42" x 42" acrylic on canvas

Okay, sorry for the delay, we need to get this party going! This painting of the splashy red coffee cup on this black background is a huge 42 inches by 42 inches! I think... I forgot to measure it today : )  This is painting number 98 of the 100 coffee cup paintings and is titled "Rouge Jackson (aka 'Party Boy')"! This big guy was hanging out on the floor in my studio and everyone that walked by said "Wow, I love this!", so I signed it and called it finished! Photographing it was my big delay for posting, oops.

Ready for number 100? This one too came as a result of viewers passing by.......

Give me a minute, I'll show it to you!

-jM

"Ghost of Coffee Past"

12"x12" mixed media on canvas 

Big brush, little bottle of paint, how's that for a bigger coffee cup painting! This is painting number 98 and since it's the "Ghost of Coffee Past" it only seems appropriate that I show you a quick movie of the open house from this past month! I did edit out a bit of the party, but I think you can still get the idea of the festivities from the two days!

Click on this link for the Youtube video of the Party!

I invite everyone to attend next year!

-jM

"Cup of Gyro"

12" x 12" acrylic on canvas

Hi, I'm back! This is coffee cup painting number 97, finished on April 26th. I finished quite a few on April 26th. You can see I got really, really loose with the paintings too. I was like a little Jackson Pollack.

I have video from the open house weekend, but I haven't figured out how to get it from my camcorder to my computer yet! Patience, I'll get there...

I have a picture of one of my Wine and Canvas painters that painted with me last Saturday. We painted "Poppies A.S. Poppies". The A.S. stands for Angela Sullivan because it is one of her poppies paintings that was the inspiration for this painting.

Above is Alee, she use her artistic license to make her painting extra special for her Father. She is sending this to him in Taiwan! Beautiful! I love the happy faces.

Here is a photo of part of the class with their poppy paintings:  

Thanks Angela!

-jM

It's May in Indianapolis!

Ayri and Mallory with their Indy Car paintings!

Above is a photo of two of my Cookies & Canvas painters from this morning. We painted an Indy race car that signifies the beginning of Race Month here in Indiana!

Ayri on the left is named after the famous F1 race care driver Ayrton Senna! How cool is it that she painted in my class today!! Too Cool! Thanks Ayri : )

May is a busy month for Indianapolis with the Indy 500 Race at the end of the month. This morning kicked off with the Mini Marathon, a 13.1 mile run that is a tradition in Indianapolis since.... forever.... just kidding. I know when I ran it in 1995, it sold out in January! This morning was so hot they put out a yellow flag for the remaining participants to slow down for health safety due to the high humidity and heat, wow.

Oops, I forgot to post this Saturday and now it's Sunday, well, I hope you all understand... it was the heat!

More tomorrow!

-jM

"Ruby Sipper"

6" x 8" Mixed Media on Canvas

Number 96! More glitter! It's pinkish, reddish, it's fun and Dorothy is ready for the day after coffee from this cup! The paint was just pouring out of the bottle!

-jM

"Cup Full of Compliments"

12" x12" Mixed Media on Canvas

"Cup Full of Compliments".... This piece was hanging out in my studio and just kept getting compliments from passer-byers, so that is the title it received, a no brainer.

There is some lighter yellow areas in here that I again, could not translate in the photograph very well, but it is a lot of yellow on yellow, and the dark is really dark blue. The darker yellowish areas is gold glitter! Yes, had to add a little shine to the compliments!

For incase anyone is curious, I did finish the series of 100 Coffee Cup paintings in time for the big open house this weekend. The show was two days of a lot of people and wow. We opened Friday night at 5:30 PM through 10:30 PM, then opened again on Saturday at 2 PM through 7 PM. I was a walking zombie last night! I will have photos of the show and the rest of the coffee cups paintings for you this week.

Excuse me now, while I rest... zzzzz.....

-jM

"Friday's Joe"

6"x6" mixed media on canvas panel

Oh, here we go number 94. This painting is actually an old painting reworked! That's okay right?

I love this coffee cup. I mean I really like drinking from it. It's so.... oh, I know, it's so Irish Coffee without the Irish. I added a few touches that I think made it have a little more life or character than the other version.

Here is the old one: 

Friday's Joe from May 2009.....

What a difference, oh so subtle....

See you tomorrow!

-jM

"Twilight Zone"

8"x6" mixed media on canvas

Number 93 is flying around above the mountains somewhere in the twilight..... zone....

Oh, maybe that is just where I am right now.... gotta go!

-jM

"Neon Gold"

6"x8" mixed media on canvas

Hope this isn't too soon, but here is coffee cup painting number 92. It's another that I found hard to photograph... maybe I need a new camera! I wonder if it's the black ground I'm using for these last few paintings. Oh, there is some beautiful gold glitter in this painting too, making it really neon-like!

Martha told the story of when the neon sign was golden in the day when one would be on a road trip, looking for that coffee shop in the night! That sign would be a golden find!

-jM

"Suzie's Favorite"

8"x6" mixed media on canvas

How about this one? "Suzie's Favorite", number 91.

I found another color that is hard to photograph, bright green, like fluorescent green, and bright yellow...

Got to go.... another painting coming!  ....soon....

-jM

"Red Hot Coffee"

12"x12" mixed media on canvas

Okay this little guy is number 90! Whoo hoo! Oh my goodness, they are getting tougher to title too!

Luckily, John Kirchner from down the hall stopped in my studio just in time to help with titling this little guy. 

Bonnie Heather had made a comment earlier in the week about one of these coffee cup paintings being very ... did she say luscious? Like juicy, yes? Well, this one is also very luscious, heavily applied paint and yes it was fun! A girl has got to have fun!

Oh where oh where is number 91? Watch for it!

-jM

"Stable Blue Solitude" -Sold

6"x8" mixed media on canvas

Here she is, number 89. Can I do it? Get to 100 coffee cup paintings by April 27th? I hope so.

I actually have a really big cup that seems to be finished, but I'm still looking at it. It is 43" by 43", I think, I'll remeasure before I post it.

Tomorrow!

-jM

"Clouds in My Coffee" -Sold

24" x 30" mixed media on canvas

What day is it anyway? Yes, there are "Clouds in My Coffee" for sure! Here we have number 88 and it's a larger painting at 24 inches by 30 inches. I know that large is relative, so relative to the itty bitty's (2"x3"), this is large!

I was telling Lisa Graham yesterday, that I have nine coffee cup paintings on my painting table, the floor and the easel. I was wrong, I had ten! Today I have nine, so where does that leave me....  closer to 100!

Hang on tight, they're coming along.... coming along!

-jM

"It's Saturday Night" -Sold

16"x12" mixed media on canvas

There are a few cups on the painting table, but in the mean time, I have this painting.
I think this is what we did last night, at least we pretended to do this!!

Tis painting has fine green glitter on it for the middle figure's fancy jacket... just right for Saturday Night!

-jM

"Flying Saucer"

6"x8" mixed media on canvas

Here it is, number 87! Wow, that took me a long time. Sorry I was busy with.... stuff..  : )

I like this one so much, I think I'll paint another!!

Soon,

-jM

"Tug That Barge!"

6"x8" oil on paper on canvas 

Indiana does have tugboats! They are used on the rivers to push big barges around.

This little painting was influenced by a little model tugboat that my friend Dan let me borrow.  I made up the water and the green stuff that is supposed to be river bank... let me show you a photo of the model...

Hmm... I think I better paint another!!

Coffee tomorrow!

-jM

"The Magical Green Cup"

6"x6" oil and glitter on canvas panel

This cup can only be counted as magical. As I traveled back looking at all the of coffee cup paintings, this one appeared and I have not posted or counted this one. So, today I added a touch of the magical glitter dust and I call this number 86! Yes, quite magical, because all I did in the studio today was cut mats and package artwork in sleeves to get ready for the big open house coming up.... very soon....

Have a magical evening!

-jM

"Bring in the Clowns"

7"x5" aquamedia on paper

No coffee cup here, but I think they are headed to the coffee shoppe!

Martine, I hope you got your big cup of coffee!

Maybe all of us USA artists could meet Martine for coffee in Paris... or maybe Martine could meet all of us USA artists for coffee at Myra's condo! Or we could all meet here in Indianapolis.... the Indy 500 is coming up.... or.... maybe I should just go to sleep and dream about my next coffee cup painting!

Hope to have a new one to show you tomorrow!

-jM

"Java Rouge"

22"x30" mixed media on paper

Is today, tomorrow? Will tomorrow ever arrive? Oh, I need this big cup of coffee now!

This is "Java Rouge" coffee cup painting number 85. Fifteen more before April 26th, time is suddenly started to fly for me! Uh oh, do I fret? Or do I paint a few small pieces in here? Itty bitty's no less. I do have a couple tiny canvas's, 2 inch by 2 inch, only two..... hmmm..... I have many 3 inch by 2 inch canvas's.... hmmm...   off to work!!!

Have a wonderful day!

-jM

"Dancing in the Moonlight" -Sold

15"x11 mixed media on paper

You have to look closely, but there is a couple dancing under this big full moon. We had one like this last night.... Wow, it was bright! I wonder what music this couple is listening to.....

Tomorrow, I will post coffee cup number 85. I was a little busy today so I didn't get a photo. I did have a great time today painting with my young artists. We painted a singing frog. You believe frogs can sing right? These frogs do!

Sam and Meagan with their "Frog Song" paintings

This is Sam and Meagan with their paintings of the "Frog Song". They both did a great job with this tricky painting and this was their first time! Wow!

-jM

"A Little Morning Spark!"

22"x30" mixed media on paper

Here is another big one for you Joanie! This painting has a bit of glitter in the left area of what would be coffee inside the cup. It adds that little spark that we need in the morning to get us started!

This was originally slated as coffee cup painting number 50, but someplace in my cup tracking, I lost track and I actually have an extra cup around #'s 23 & 24, so this one has been promoted to number 84.

Oh, isn't it great to be able to go with the flow........

-jM

"Center of Attention"

22"x30" mixed media on paper

Well, this one certainly had my attention for a long time and... it still does!

This is coffee cup painting number 83 and it is a big one at 22 inches by 30 inches. Hmm, that may look very nice above Myra's sofa! Yes, right next to....

Another coffee cup tomorrow Martine!

Myra, I hope you're okay after those tornadoes that messed up Dallas this time.... I really dislike tornadoes, a lot.

-jM

"Blown Over by Spring"

16"x20" mixed media on canvas

This painting is very much about Spring here.... Windy!

More coffee cup paintings in the wings...

-jM
PS: I'm posting this from my phone. This is a test!
okay, I fixed it on my computer, but I'm gonna try the phone again, sometime...

"Cup With Bling"

6"x6" mixed media on canvas panel

What girl doesn't like a little bling with her coffee. Okay, I'm sure there are a few guys out there that like it  too!

This is a cup with some really really fine glitter on it. I even put glitter specks, like little stars in the sky in the background. Hmm, maybe this would be a night time café.

Number 82!

-jM

"My Paint Cup"

6"x6" oil media on canvas panel

This isn't really my paint cup, but if I did have one, this may be what it would look like. Like a paint cup to clean brushes, not for drinking coffee,  goodness. Looks like the coffee has been spilled all over the table too.

Tonight, I got the opportunity to show 32 pieces of my artwork at a special event. The venue high lighted the art of good food, good visual art and good music. It was fantastic! The organizer of the event Andrew Lyon did a short interview with me for the audience.  I just had to talk about all of my beautiful blogger art buddies. I told them we are all great friends and have never met in person! Yes Myra, I talked about you and Martine and my friends from Canada, California, Atlanta, and just everywhere! I love you guys! Thanks for keeping my drive alive!

-jM

PS: Oh, by the way, this is coffee cup painting number 81...

"Hold Up My Roof!"

8"x6" mixed media on paper

I swear, sometimes, I really have no idea where these images come from. That's okay right?

This one, I see a couple walking into a new town or toward their new home with their baby. Do you see that? The guy is a member of some tribe, so he has on some tribal hat and furry animal cape.

Coffee cup tomorrow....

-jM

"Pink Panther's Cup"

6"x8" Chalk ink on black gessoed paper

Maybe, just maybe, if Franz Kline was a women and had this hot pink available, he would paint a cup like this, but he isn't, so I did.

Cup number 80, I've decided it is a nice compliment to cup number 17, "Black Cup".

Last May or June, I set a goal date for my 100 coffee cup paintings to be completed March 30th. Well, I didn't expect such a mild Winter and more opportunities to get out a play golf! As a result, I'm going to have to back up the finish date..... to... before the Raymond James Stutz Artists Open House April 27th and 28th!

Have a great weekend, I'm off for 5 days to play golf in Tennessee! Whew hoo!

-jM

"Joe's Purple Prose"

6"x6" oil on canvas panel 

If one is going to sit around and talk, one may as well have a big cup of coffee. Why not in a purple cup!

This painting was done in the spirit of Cathleen Rehfeld. I love how she uses the black gesso ground.

Yes, coffee cup painting number 79.....

-jM

"Half Way to Bliss"

7"x5" mixed media on paper

An early celebration of coffee cups paintings or is it Open House? Maybe it's Spring, yes, it's Spring fever I'm sure.
This painting has different colored glitter in it, so it's definitely about celebrating something! Maybe refrigerator magnets... hmmmm, good idea, refrigerator magnets.

More tomorrow, it's late now and it's been a long day. I know it's only Tuesday, but very nearly Wednesday.....

Goodnight....

-jM