VIDEO: Creating ‘Motif-Seattle’
Custom artwork for Boutique Hotel ‘Motif’ in downtown Seattle.
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VIDEO: Brewing up ‘Broadwater Coffee’
Custom artwork for Broadwater Coffee (Great Falls, MT). Made with Broadwater Coffee Signature Blend
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VIDEO: Caffeinating Iowa
Artwork for the Art 2 End Homelessness Program
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Notable Press
Coffee on Canvas and the NFL - providing the backdrop artwork for announcement of the 2018 season
Army Major Jon Norquist picked up an interesting hobby creating intricate art with spilled coffee.
Kiro Radio - 97.3 FM, Seattle WA
A couple years ago something terrible happened. Jon Norquist’s coffee maker broke. So, logically, the Tacoma dad and civil engineer bought a new one. But from day one it did nothing but disappoint and frustrate.....
Fubiz Media
The art project titled Coffee on Canvas came to life thanks to Jon Norquist's imagination. As his defective coffee pot left tracks on its way, the artist had the idea to paint on canvas with the round brown forms that were left. On the programme: landscapes, cities, logos and animals, all reproduced with accuracy and inventiveness.
fresh Cup Magazine
Jon Norquist is a civil engineer by trade, but a desire to find a creative outlet—combined with a poorly engineered coffee carafe—led to a second career as an artist, and the development of a collection of coffee-splashed canvases. “I had always wanted to dive into my creative side, but it was difficult to find time to develop a craft with four kids and my engineering career,” Norquist says....
Jon Norquist discovered a new avenue for his creativity from spilled coffee. His artwork grew from his of kitchen table in Tacoma, Washington to being featured on major media outlets and live corporate events around the country.
For many coffee lovers, spilling coffee is the adult equivalent of losing a balloon. The sight of wasted caffeinated goodness cuts right to the heart for most of us who love a good brew. But when Jon Norquist, a civil engineer from Tacoma, WA, spilled some coffee one fateful morning while using a defective carafe, he wasn't bothered. He didn't see or feel the loss of some metaphorical balloon. Instead he saw an opportunity for a creative outlet.
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