3 Nov 2014

Creating Custom Art for a Drinks Cart

I painted this image a while ago to fit with the my drinks cart. I had picked up the drinks cart for really cheap ($2), spray painted it and fitted it out with liquor. It seemed to be missing something. I created this little painting.


Fun fact: I really like the taste of alcohol. Yes, yes, that sounds really strange but, wait, let me elaborate. I'm not really into beer or alcopops, it turns out, recently, that I'm really into cocktails and making drinks into something fun and tasty. I dislike being intoxicated but I do like the feeling of having something to offer the few people we invite over once in a while. Turns out that not many people actually like cocktails but that's ok, because that stuff is expensive!

Little rant aside, I love seeing this cart when I am in the living room. It's so nice to have something that fits perfectly with the colour scheme that we're working toward and it's a little more useful than a plant pot on a table.

When I made this up I realised that I really wanted a little piece of art work on there that was different from the other things I'd made previously. Really, I wanted a bunch of flowers on the cart that would be everlasting but that would repel dust. Turns out that they don't exist. After much deliberation, I decided that it was easier to dust a picture frame than it was individual silk petals on fake flowers. I got to work and I'm super impressed with how it turned out.


The really fabulous thing about this painting and my teaming up with Society6 is that I can offer this as a print, as a clock, a tote and even as a laptop cover. It's amazing. The options are really endless.

Does anyone else do drinks carts anymore?