Milan Abad

Winner

 Blood, Sweat and Coffee
 Black Ink, fineliner on 300gsm Textured off white art paper
118.9 x 84.1 cm
 
Water comes from the Earth, every living thing needs it to live. Just like coffee starts from the earth, and needs water to grow. Water has a cycle and place in this world, just like the coffee bean also has its own cycle. Ultimately we are all connected and eventually end up going back to the earth, where we came from.

This piece celebrates the cycle of the Coffee bean from soil to coffee mug. It celebrates the effort and people involved. I used black and white because it is pure and simple. I wanted people to interact in the piece so the cycle is spread out within the natural leaves of the drawing not in chronological order, so people may find something new every time they look at it.

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