Budding Cellist Gifts

Double Bass

Grade 2

Trying cellos, perfect!

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

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

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

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

Four children playing the flute.

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

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

"... 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!"

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

'Do I have to be creative?'

Timpani.

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

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

Children playing football.

'All good things must come to an end.'

"Dad, this is Wendy, she's going to re-negotiate my allowance!"

Creative Baby.

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

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

Jackson Pollock as a child

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

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

'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.'

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

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

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

Fridge with child's drawings in an art exhibition.

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

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