Painter Appreciator Mugs

Renoir at Yuk Yuk's.

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

God putting the finishing touches to the Pug.

Misunderstood artist

"I don't know anything about art, but this is a damned good Martini."

"No - you’re right. It’s dumb."

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

"Now this I get."

'Number two. That's the art that offended me.'

'I'm looking forward to parents' night. I'm going to ask these people their diet secrets.'

Farmer and FIsherman

'It's not easy painting hummingbirds.'

Scarpia's Palace

'It's not as easy as you think - saddle sores, bursitis in the shoulder, pigeons...'

Juggler and Illusionist

"Stop complaining and smile! It's a job, isn't it? NO wonder they call you Mona!"

"Which way to the Mona Lisa? We're double-parked."

'It doesn't do anything, it's just a very pleasing shape!'

Artist on the Beach

"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."

"Good, clean art from the Molly Murphy Collection"

'I agree, this artist will go far and he should start right now!'

Leonore from Fidelio

Before Dogs Knew How To Play Poker,

Two monks play tic-tac-toe with calligraphy-style 'x's and 'o's.

"This one's called 'Incarceration.'"

Leaves falling out of a painting.

"He begged his wife and kids to join him in Tahiti, but he didn't mean a word of it, the bastard."

'Magnolia, Michaelangelo, the ceiling was meant to be magnolia!'

'Can't you forget you were an art teacher?'

'Isn't this cast great? Dr. Emily's minor was sculpture in college!'

Hazards of mouse painting