Coffee in the rain in vaporwave style

by Hive Arts Studio

Coffee in the Rain is about staying put while the city goes on without you. A cup of coffee steams on a ribbed metal table in the foreground, and through the window the street dissolves into purple haze: people in coats, a lamp post, neon signs in orange, teal and pink, all softened by rain.

Outside, the night is still busy. Dark figures move through the downpour as if it were nothing, and one in the middle, in a wide-brimmed hat, seems to look toward the table. Inside, a round pot and a menu sit beside the cup, a spoon rests on the saucer, and the orange chair at the next table is empty. The tabletop catches the neon in bands of orange and violet.

The picture is warm and cool at once: warm in the cup and the street lamps, cool in the rain and the violet air. To me it holds that particular comfort of being inside, dry and unhurried, while everyone else is out in the weather.

In a room it works like a window seat. It may recall a café where you once sat to wait out the rain, in a city you only half knew. The vaporwave purples and oranges go well with dark wood, brick or deep wall colours. It suits a kitchen, a dining corner, a café or bar, a reading nook or a home office.