Artsy Inmate Gifts

Christmas in prison.

Glue gun? Glitter? Dang it, I grabbed my crafting belt again.

I will not talk in art class. I will not talk in art class. I will not talk in art class. I will not in art class. I will not talk in art class.

"The lettuce I paid with was fresher than the lettuce I bought."

Prisoner still life painting.

Exhibition for Prisoners

"Everyone we know is escaping and you sit there doing nothing."

'I'm done doing inside jobs on the outside. I make more on the inside as an outsider artist.'

'We would like you to accompany us to the station, sir!'

"It's a sort of Birdman of Alcatraz situation, except that Martin here isn't a bird."

Cartoonist draws bomb next to prisoner.

Prisoner escape

'Which section, guilty, innocent, or framed?'

Prison Paintings

Prison Art - Bent Screw

'Hey! Knock it off, will ya?'

Prisoner counting off the days on his computer.

'It's from my wife's lawyer - she's giving me my freedom.'

"Just came back to pick up my mail."

"Drawing with a revoked artistic license. What about you?"

'Does this orange jumpsuit make my butt look big?'

Prison windows.

'Because I CAN'T follow my dreams, dummy!'

Jail-breaking for dummies.

"Don't let them tell you it gets better.'

'Me? I'm a sculptor. I work with found objects, some of which occasionally fall into the category of stolen jewelry.'

All this place needs is splash of paint and some pretty drapes.

"Sweetie, show the Hazlitts the watercolors you made in jail."

Prisoner painting his ball and chain.

"I wouldn't have spent so much time fixing this place up if I'd known we'd be leaving so soon."

The Birdman of Alcatraz - a guy in prison sitting on a perch with newspaper down, bird seed, a bell and mirror

A white collar criminal's first day. I'm new here. How much do we tip the guards?

'Watch it man. I was tried as an adult.'

"I saw it on Martha Stewart Living."