Coffee inspires art

What do you get when an artist is inspired by coffee?

You get Christoph Niemann's artwork, featured here in Abstract City in an online blog of the New York Times.

Christoph Niemann is a professional illustrator whose work has appeared on the covers of the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times Magazine. He also has written two children's books. Plus he loves coffee.

Put those all together, and you have a child-like story told in pictures drawn on drink napkins about Christoph's love of coffee.

Make sure to check out the entire collection here in Abstract City.

(Image copyrighted 2008 by Christoph Niemann)