Paint with actual coffee or beer
Turn a favorite brew into the pigment for your artwork.
Karen Eland / CoffeePainter / BeerPainter
Karen Eland paints with espresso and beer themselves, rather than simply serving drinks alongside ordinary paint. She accepts custom commissions and live demonstrations, and offers private classes using these unconventional materials. Her portfolio includes coffee-inflected reinterpretations of familiar paintings as well as original landscapes and brewery imagery.
Current location note / listed area: Bend, Oregon; commissioned artwork and arranged private painting classes
Private classes and commissions are explicit; no wedding package or guaranteed reception portrait station is advertised. Confirm the exact medium, design, group size, studio or offsite location, travel, drying time and preservation requirements. Drinking alcohol is not implied or required by a beer-painting commission, and any event alcohol service needs separate arrangements. Prints and partner-produced mugs are distinct from an original handmade commission. Historical performances abroad and former Tulsa residence do not establish current coverage there.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://www.karenelandart.com/
- https://www.karenelandart.com/classes.html
- https://www.karenelandart.com/about.html
- https://www.etsy.com/shop/coffeepainter
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Oregon · based
Owned classes page identifies her studio at The Workhouse in Bend Oregon; directly identifiable current CoffeePainter Etsy shop names KarenEland and BendOregon, corroborating current base rather than old travel history.