Saturday, April 7, 2012






Coffeeshop GOA, alongside the canal on Kloveniersburgwal in the heart of Amsterdam. Customers may choose a marijuana or hashish selection from the menu, sit, relax, roll-up and smoke.

In Amsterdam, coffeeshops play the role of retailing marijuana and hashish (soft drugs) to the public, in addition to serving coffee, tea, and light snacks. An Amsterdam coffeeshop can be a lounge, a multi-story billiard parlor, a chic salon, or an unassuming store front. Some have fantastic interior schemes based on Asian, African or Middle Eastern motifs. It is both the variety of style coupled with their common function which creates their mystique.

During sketch sessions in the coffeeshops a compelling artistic endeavor presented itself to me: to create an enthusiastic rendering of Amsterdam's coffeeshops, whose fame as purveyors of hashish and marijuana are the stuff of contemporary legend.

(pastel with underpainting  35 x 25 cm)

  


1 comment:

alberto valentini said...

Like the story Dude, painting also a winner!