Artistic Maverick Mugs

Artist's last painting (a noose).

Tattooist doing self portraits.

'He got a grant on the condition that he stops painting for a year.'

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

Kid uses his violin as a golf club.

"Yeah, I got into trouble, but I think the principal really enjoyed my rendition of 'I Did It My Way.'"

Orchestra.

"I may not know much about art, but I do know what's suitable for framing."

'Play it again, Sam.'

Passed over at the Inaugural Poetry Audition

Guitar Man.

"...then finally, I got serious and started a band."

Popera!

"Nice design but you haven't quite mastered the technology!"

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

Cello player with pencil instead of bow

I love Marimba

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

Music Freak.

La Jolla School of Advanced Music Graduate Frank Kettleknyper played a mello cello.

'All of my paints dried up in their tubes, so I decided to quit painting and become a sculptor.'

Nick Cave.

'No you idiot! You're supposed to smash your guitar AFTER the show! What are you going to play now?'

"Someday, son, all this will be in the cartoonist’s flat file."

Artistic Licence.

A weather vane on top of an artist's studio points in directions that include: "pop", "abstract", "figurative" and "post-painterly".

Santa Metal Claus

"I'm no expert, but I think we're a little behind when it comes to the latest industry technology."

Hacksaw Violin.

This is called "The Ballad of a Self-Taught Guitarist."

'Figures can be misleading - So I've written a song which I think expresses the real story of the firms performance this quarter.'

Air Sitar.

"Mmm... now WHERE did i leave my radio..?"

Hip-Hopalong Billy Bob blamed the censors for killing the country-rap scene.

Son of Alien.