Artistic Humor Gifts

Microbe World

A prisoner pulls out his heart.

Peephole for the blind.

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

Madonna of the Pukes.

"Yes, it's oil-paint: It's difficult to find water for watercolours around here..."

"What the %@!!* is that?!" "Is that a leg? Wait—no, it's an arm. Wait—what?" "The frame is nice." "Whatever it is, it makes me miss Bob Ross." "Gasp!" "The intentionally lost Caravaggio"

"The Eggsorcist"

"Don't worry, Miss. I'll soon get the hang of it."

To encourage patients to take their medication, Dr. Gratner brought in a sketch artist to show them what they will look like in six months without meds.

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The opera - 'Please, sir, give us your ticket, if you ain;t a-goin' in again.'

The mysterious ancient stone figures of Keister Island.

David Niven caricature

"Being with you is just getting too surreal for me, Larry."

'That's the problem with living with an artist, the fruitbowl is always off...'

Gustav Holst

I'll admit I haven't been waiting all my life to meet you, but I have waited through a rough pencil sketch, the inking process and Photoshop lettering. Surely that's worth something! !?!

Sea Horse outside saloon

"It makes sense when you see the second painting with the lego."

"Oh, O.K. I can sort of see it."

Jackson Pollock - "Oh no! Someone's thrown paint all over it!"

"It's obviously an original."

"It's not my fault - how was I to know you'd look scary with your clothes off?"

'My philosophy is that the bigger you are, the smaller the desk you need.'

"In this series, the artist is in dialogue with her printer."

Medusa's baby picture

Artist uses connect-the-dots canvas to paint nude model.

"Have we looked as though we know what it is, for long enough yet?"

"So, Owen tells me you guys met in art school."

Eugene Delacroix

Nude conductor of Orchestra conducting 'The full Monte-verdi'

'Today's unwilling nude model is Ralph.'

'Have you considered drawing other people?'

'I hear voices in my head.'