Coffee Cup Art

During a quick stroll during my lunch the other day I stumbled upon this art exhibit near Madison Square Park. As a purveyor of coffee cozies, I felt it was my responsibility to snap a few pics to share with everyone. The exhibit is done by artist Gwyneth Leech and is called Hypergraphia: The Cup Drawings. Because the exhibit is an an open space with glass windows (right below the Flat Iron building,) the cups look as though they’re suspended in mid-air, floating around one another in a space that’s zero-gravity. The coolest part? From Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., you can see Gwyneth work on her cup drawings. The artwork she’s  painted on each  cup is painstakingly beautiful. I can only imagine the number of hours that has gone into this exhibit – plus the number of ideas she had to generate for each cup to be unique! On days when New York City really gets the best of me (i.e. subway vomit,) it’s finds like this that make me smile and appreciate where I am.

Check out Gwyneth’s own commentary about her exhibit over on Gwyenth’s Full Brew.