Garden Muse Mugs

Spring

"How do you say ‘Where is the bathroom’ in Sanskrit?"

Message in a bottle being read by a fish

'Wow, talk about genius!'

"Smoke a cigar that fits your face."

Jerry Lordan

Frontispiece to the Artists' Catalogue.

'Could you tone down the smile just a little?'

The Sensitive Dude.

'Sorry, but I think your Mondrian tattoo was a mistake.'

'Have you ever thought about doing a children's book?'

" . . . and white, not yellow. Block, not shredded. Aged, but not too aged that it doesn't slice well."

'There's a strong minimalist influence in this artist's work.' 'Good! The less there is of it, the better.'

"He never makes it past Stephen’s walk across Sandymount strand."

Abstract portrait art.

"This year we'll focus on the road, next year we can focus on building the highrise on the mountain."

An octopus admiring an inkblot painting

Venus Fly Trap

'Couldn't you at least unbutton your top button?'

Nature and Fashion Photographer.

Artist's model for a painting of Hamlet turns up to the studio with a black eye

"It was the best of Starbucks. It was the worst of Starbucks."

Sculptor: 'Okay, SMILE!'

Rietveld at Sing Sing,

"I was grinding out barnyards and farmhouses and cows in the meadows, and then, suddenly, I figured to hell with it."

Painting of a wave in a calm sea.

Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire

'Shouldn't a cultural center have more to it than video games?'

Woman lying on a couch admiring her portrait.