Alexander J Ward

Woman with Coffee
Lithograph Print
15.7 x 22.4 cm

Originally a pencil drawing, this lithograph print of Woman with Coffee explores our basic human relationship with the titular hot beverage. Abstracted in a way that conveys not only a female figure facing to the left with a cup of coffee in hand, the arrangement of marks in the image exposes various elements seen in the art of commercial coffee production, such as the kettle and steam. Simultaneously, such marks emphasize both the sense of jitteriness that comes with coffee addiction and the feeling of salvation that the warm drink can bring on a cold winter’s morning.