Former Oldbury man Wayne Wright turns spilt coffee into art
From spilt coffee to art work.
Wayne Wright paints different shapes, faces and iconic images – using only spilt cold coffee, a brush and a canvas.
Wayne, who used to live in Oldbury but now lives near Solihull, has raised hundreds of pounds for charity through his unique art work – which has become popular across the globe.
In the past 48-year-old Wayne has painted a World War Two Spitfire and British soldiers in the trenches, to film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Hardy.
He has also channelled the Black Country and Birmingham in his work – with coffee paintings of comedian Doreen Tipton, as well as Tommy and Arthur Shelby from Peaky Blinders.
Wayne, who works in printing, had not picked up a paintbrush in 30 years, when he was challenged by his daughter to give it another go – and it has now become his new hobby.
He said: "I always told my daughter I was good at art when I was younger. We had no paint in the house – so I just used coffee.
"I posted a picture of my first ever piece of Tommy Shelby on the Peaky Blinders Facebook page and the next morning when I looked I had lots of messages asking me where they could get hold of one.
"I did another three paintings and they sold straight away. I had only been doing it for three days and they had sold.
"I did another painting of Doreen Tipton and that went on display at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. I donate a lot of my paintings to charity – one of Winston Churchill is being donated to the Macmillan Cancer Trust.
"I just do it as a hobby at the moment but I get these messages from all over the world asking about them – it's really strange."
To see more of Wayne's work, search for 'Wright Coffee Art' on Instagram.
