Perth, Western Australia December 9, 2006 Home News Time Out Letters Write a Letter Classifieds Search Real Estate Trades & Services Submit About Contact Us Advertising Legal	Frothy coffee's liquid art Barista Simon Law about to destroy his own art. Picture: Billie Fairclough Cottesloe has its own cappuccino Michelangelo, who turns a humble flat white into a canvas. He's the van Gogh of froth, the Monet of momentary masterpieces. Simon Law works as a barista at Cottesloe's John Street café, and when the mood takes him, he can stir your coffee's froth into a work of art. While his ephemeral creations won't be hanging on gallery walls, the few lucky coffee-drinkers who are favoured with his talent are always reluctant to take that first sip. A surfer rides a foamy wave. Simon uses the tip of an oven thermometer to flick away fragments of surface froth, exposing the coffee colour underneath. "The customers love it," he says. "But when we're busy I get frowned at by the boss for taking too long." He has no formal art training other than high school, where he didn't take to painting but loved sculpture and metalwork. Caffeine hit for fish. He said a Melbourne barista had published a book on coffee art, "but people reckon I'm better". He said one of his ambitions was to publish a "coffee table" book of his work. Another is to own his own café. Do you have something to say? Write to us and we may publish your letter next week. BACK TO TOP < PREVIOUS - HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1999 - 2008 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.