Artistic Processes Gifts

An old-fashioned printer using an Albion press.

The Artist

'So you want an advance on your writer's block?'

College. Did you pick a major yet? I'm doing a double major in art and logic --- I want to draw my own conclusions!

'It's my homage to Picasso.' (Snowman is all mixed up with eyes and nose in odd places)

Theatre Masks and Butts

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

"The low-res JPEG of Dorian Gray"

"The raw material was all around me: That's how I got started as a sculptor..."

"Avant-garde jazz hands"

"Look, it's my word balloon."

Imagine

F&E Stables. Horses Boarded. The owner of this horse is a huge fan of the late musician, "Prince." That explains the purple reins.

Jimi Hendrix.

Dolores is so avant garde.

'You'll never get the Burgundy stain out, so let's just color the whole thing.'

"Balloon animals $5.00"

"Someday we will escape from this prison."

RBG, RGB, CMYK

Brava

Jack and the Snowman.

Man on stilts watching balloon dog lift it's leg. Animal Balloon maker watching on.

Creative napping

The Eclectic Chair

Peter Gabriel

'Of course, Mr. Handley here is the one who does all the hiring and firing.'

Muhammad Dali...

'I'm going to soak for three days, then Andre here is going to sculpt me into an entirely new body shape with the pumice stone.'

"Ok, let's sneak up on Mr. Canvas and see if we can make a good impression."

'I am afraid, sir, that in the current economic climate, a picture is now only worth 500 words.'

"Now who's being judgy?"

"Of course you can't replicate my experiments. That's the beauty of them."

"If I were writing fulltime, I'd have three unpublished novels by now."

'What the hell is this the age of?'

"The notion that *CRUNCH* architectural *CRUNCH CRUNCH* forms can *CRUNCH* express anything may *CRUNCH* seem difficult *CRUNCH* to *CRUNCH CRUNCH* grasp at *CRUNCH* all,"