Our artists
Neighbourhood Coffee was inspired by the people and businesses that make Toronto a fabulous place to live. That’s why we use incredible Toronto artists who depict Toronto from so many wonderful perspectives. With every purchase, a portion of the proceeds finds its way back into the pockets of these local artists!
SIGNATURE BLEND
The Artist: Melissa Archer
A Canadian Graphic Designer with a passion for creating hand-crafted elements and combining them into graphic design pieces, for engaging and memorable design solutions. Melissa has a way of capturing the life in Toronto in a whimsical and inspiring way.
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The Artist: Pogi the artist
Pogi the Artist is a multidisciplinary artist who moved to Toronto to further their education and artistic journey. Pogi the Artist is an abstract and conceptual artist, with a style influenced by graffiti and realism. Pogi the artist artwork consists of images of coffee, vices, brick walls, and tunnels abstractly morphed together with nature and concrete structures.
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The Artist: Amy Walsh-Harris
Amy Walsh-Harris is, admittedly, obsessed with Toronto. Born and raised in T.O., she “is inspired by the history, life and movement through the city streets”. As Amy seems to have lived in just about every neighbourhood in the city, each area has inspired her to paint the local life and architecture.
HUMBER REFLECTIONS
Cilla is a black queer entrepreneur of Caribbean descent based in Toronto who started doing makeup in 2014. Being unable to express herself growing up, Cilla began to use her hands to create stories and movement through art.
I chose to illustrate the city of Toronto from the Humber Bay neighbourhood. I mixed three art disciplines together, visual arts (body painting), and photography. I decided to abstractly paint a body observing the city of Toronto and the river that leads through Humber Bay, connected to Lake Ontario because I wanted to highlight how all the cities connect one way or another.
