October 27th, 2006 by: Ashley Cecil Email this to a friend
Paying fair wages to keep the caffeine flowing
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8″ x 8″ oil on board
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“Independent music for independent coffee drinkers” is the brainstorm stage theme for a new compilation CD that resulted in this painting as a possible cover image for the album. Heine Brothers’ Coffee is the small chain that will be offering the album as an independent, local version of Starbuck’s HearMusic.
Heine Brothers’ Coffee is all about the spreading the love of happy coffee drinkers. They are very vocal about the fact that they, “import and sell only Organic, Fair Trade, green coffees from small farmer cooperatives. This effort supports a more equitable and sustainable system of coffee trade that directly benefits these farmers, their families, their communities, and the environment.” Even the walls of every store are adorned with larger-than-life murals depicting coffee growers in their local environments.
Maybe you’re not in the fair trade coffee know. If not, here’s a site all about it with a quick and fun intro that sums it up.
5 Comments
October 28th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Ashley,
Your work continues to make me happy!
Thank you.
October 28th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
So glad you’re enjoying it, I love doing it! This was a fun one. Hopefully the guy in the painting will see it when the CD comes out.
October 30th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
I’d love to use this image for a blog post on coffee I am doing tomorrow. Please let me know if thats ok. It will be linked to from www.piercemattie.com
October 30th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
by all means, spread the word. I’m honored.
November 7th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Thanks, I love your style. I own a bunch of Tony Peters work. Will be looking to purchase some more art in 2007. Very inspiring, thanks for sharing it!
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