Damn Fine Cup of Coffee
Oil on canvas
Sjeli Pearse
2026
This oil painting pairs delightfully with a slice of Damn Fine Cherry Pie. In this piece, a white diner mug, painted in every colour but white, rests on a napkin next to a spoon. Images to evoke routine and the comfort of roadside American diners. A zig zag pattern, in shifting colours makes up the background, and leaves an uneasiness with the viewer to unpack. Reassuring and ever so slightly uncanny, rather than using vivid colours and iridescence to dazzle and distract from the darkness that may exist beyond the surface, the beauty of the ordinary cup of coffee invites a longer look. One that might suggest things are not always what they seem.
Damn Fine Cup of Coffee
Oil on canvas
Sjeli Pearse
2026
This oil painting pairs delightfully with a slice of Damn Fine Cherry Pie. In this piece, a white diner mug, painted in every colour but white, rests on a napkin next to a spoon. Images to evoke routine and the comfort of roadside American diners. A zig zag pattern, in shifting colours makes up the background, and leaves an uneasiness with the viewer to unpack. Reassuring and ever so slightly uncanny, rather than using vivid colours and iridescence to dazzle and distract from the darkness that may exist beyond the surface, the beauty of the ordinary cup of coffee invites a longer look. One that might suggest things are not always what they seem.
