Budding Baller Gifts

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

Double Bass

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

"Mom, Mom, watch me!"

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

Timpani.

'Do I have to be creative?'

Children playing football.

Creative Baby.

"Gracie, I'm proud of you. Your team lost, but you tried your best and that's all that counts."

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

'All good things must come to an end.'

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

Jackson Pollock as a child

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

"That' a wonderful picture, sweetheart. You know, maybe we should keep all of this garbage, in case you become a famous artist."

Teacher to student: 'Nice use of glitter, but you were assigned to do math problems.'

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

'Don't be hard on the boy, dear, I'm sure that Van Gogh's first sunflowers weren't so hot.'

Fridge with child's drawings in an art exhibition.

'You've never played golf before, have you?'

Children's Publishing - Child's portrait of 'Our Founder'.

"I wanted to see if it made a picture."

Colours

A child busking

'We couldn't afford school pictures this year so Timmy is doing the family portraits.'

"This gives me the inner fulfillment I could never achieve through dodgeball."

"I wanted to make it look like the ones at church."