Lover Of Abstract Beauty Gifts

"He's not one of my favorites."

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

Instructional guide to scribbling

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."

The Thought Process.

"Is it me, or is Jasper Johns a genius?" "Über-genius, Larry. Über!"

It's a call from Tate modern.

Mr. Empirical With "Antarctica""Small is hostile. Rage contributes to shift away from literality. I'm off to True Value Hardware for some more self-reference tools."

"Idea?" "No. Just a light bulb."

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

"You're welcome."

'Projectile painting.'

Pastorius wonders why.

Jackson Pollock Studio

'I don't care if Jackson Pollock did start out this way. We are drawing kittens.'

'My interpretation is that it deals with the artist's utter frustration over the scarcity of remaining, reasonable equity values.'

The Cremaster Cycle

"Feel better, dear?"

"Vanessa has done a not bad de Kooning."

"So, Sandra, what can you tell us about your lovely mood board?"

I painted them all from memory.

Art Gallery.

Surreal ale

"By 'genius' do they mean the artist or the marketing department?"

"It's wonderful, darling. It really says Manhattan."

"It has great depth, realized with such a unique economy of paint application... yet, there remains a curious aura of drivel I can't dismiss."

"I like it, honey ... it speaks to what a waste of time your MFA was."

"Definitive." "Compelling." "Persuasive." "Upside down."

"She said it has a blistering fervency that reminds her of a slide."

Morning and Afternoon Paintings

"Wentworth, could I take another look at that reorganization plan?"

The neighbors were not sure what to think of the young Picasso's snowman

'It's like a piece of music, like Mozart or Beethoven.'

The Abstract, The Modernist, The Avant-Guard.

'I like the frame.'