I wanted to create a coffee related still life with a draped burlap coffee bean bag for the background. The challenge was how to paint a burlap coffee bean bag that the viewer would recognize as such. The solution was to use white ink rolled onto a burlap bag and press the fabric onto a black canvas to create a white image of the coarse bag weave on the black linen surface. From there it was a combination of scumbling and glazing to create the bag's color tones and fabric folds. The leftover piece of bag was attached over a stretcher frame and painted to blend in with the linen painting which was mounted atop the stretched burlap. The result is an image that blurs where the burlap bag ends and the linen painting begins.