The Arts Gifts

Big Ballet Dancer.

'What about the arts? I need to learn MORE than just obedience!'

Noel Coward.

A Puppet Named Juan

"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!'

Joey discovers the difference between coffee beans and jelly beans.

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

The Art Student.

You're my Mona Lisa.

Larry's used art

Copycats

'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.

Showbiz Awards

At the Museum

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

'C'mon get it straight.'

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

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

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

International Women's Day

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

It's a Whole Field of Paisley!

Madonna of the Pukes.

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

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

'Think I preferred the old Irish barman.'

Can You Spot the Differences?

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

"Cat box"

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

Paul Klee