Musical Artist Gifts

Painting Music

Thelonious Monk

Shepherd and eurydice

"This is a lovely old song that tells of a young woman who leaves her cottage, and goes off to work. She arrives at her destination, and places some solid NHHS in a flask containing 0.50 atm ofammonia, and attempts to determine the pressures of ammonia and hydrogen sulide when equilibrium is reached."

'Hurry, wipe it off before Dad comes home!'

"They say it takes 10,000 hours to perfect something- I guess I was a bit hasty throwing that together in 144."

They hated me.

Louis Armstrong

You're my Mona Lisa.

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

Larry's used art

Copycats

A Symphony of Penguins

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

'C'mon get it straight.'

Pete Townshend Vineyards

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

"Hold it right there, ma'am! If you get too close to the artwork, I'll have to ask you to leave the gallery."

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"Here's another one written in E minor and in case you haven't guessed by now, it's the only chord I know."

It's a Whole Field of Paisley!

Madonna of the Pukes.

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

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

Mozart's First Movement - Baby Mozart is sitting on the potty.

"Guess who brought king cake!"

Paul Klee

'It's good - but it's not digital quality.'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Can You Spot the Differences?

International Women's Day.

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

The Artist

' A good idea '