Canvas Conjurer Gifts

Blind painter

'It's another canvasser dear'

"Paint something nice."

Artistic license.

Artist paints the future.

'What did I say about finishing your vegetables, Billy?'

'Hang in there for a few more minutes! It's looking good! Almost got it!'

Still life?

Artist Painting the Road

Paint charming.

'That brush - how many dpi?'

Artist and Musician

Creativity

Henri Matisse

Bright Idea

"Could you keep still?"

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."

Artist's Equipment Comes To Life

Human Recources Management

"For my next trick, I shall turn four consecutive quarters of losses into a positive outlook going forward."

"Can you rewrite this in 3-D?"

'Think, son! What was that formula you fed that tree?!'

'I've forgotten the author and title - do you read minds?'

'I brought Simmons here on board to use his powers of levitation on our customer intelligence.'

The Thinker and Creative Thinker.

'There's been an update. Instead of abracadabra, it's option/control key.'

His new 'Absence of Anything' reminds me strangely of his earlier blank 'Nothing to Say' canvasses."

"I've just discovered this brilliant new ingredients."

'I want to capture this moment before toxic chemicals do.'

"Anyone having a 'Eureka!' moment?"

'And Fenwick, those pesky third quarter stats? Don't tweak 'em �' torque 'em!'

You ever wonder what would've happened if Nintendo had never existed? There'd have been no Mario Bros., and since Sega created Sonic to compete, there'd be no Sonic. And without those, the market wouldn't have been big enough to interest Sony. So … no Playstation. And no Playstation, no Xbox. Several generations of awkward teens would've had to come up with other excuses not to go outside. Sometimes I wonder if it rained where I grew up.

Blockbuster book adaptations gone wrong.

"Too busy."