Artistic Maverick Mugs

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.

Orchestra.

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

"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

Hacksaw Violin.

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

Artistic Licence.

Santa Metal Claus

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

'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."

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

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

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

Music Freak.

'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.

'Note his bold brush strokes, Fred...'

"For tonight's performance I have stripped everything, as far as possible, down to the "urtext" edition."

Cowpunk

"This next song exposes the hypocrisy of everyone here."