Family Tree of Vincent Van  Gogh

His dizzy aunt  ----------- Verti Gogh

The brother who ate lots of prunes -------- Gotta Gogh

The brother who worked at a convenience store-------- Stop n Gogh

The grandfather from Yugoslavia ------U Gogh

The cousin from Illinois ------Chica Gogh

His magician uncle -----Where-diddy Gogh

His Mexican cousin --------A-mee Gogh

The Mexican cousin's American half-brother ----- Gring Gogh

The nephew who drove a stage coach------- Wells-far Gogh

The constipated uncle -------Can't Gogh

The ballroom dancing aunt ----- Tang Gogh

The bird lover uncle ---------Fla min Gogh

The fruit loving cousin --------Man Gogh

An aunt who taught positive thinking ------Way-to-Gogh

The little bouncy nephew -----Poe Gogh

A sister who loved disco ------Go Gogh

His niece who travels the country in an RV ------Winnie Bay Gogh 
  
His nephew the bouncer------Out U Gogh
  
2nd cousin, draft dodger------Don't Wanna Gogh
  
The Twins that invented GPS------------How To Gogh & Where To Gogh
  
His great Uncle that made ExLax-----Makes U Gogh
  
The stevedore nephew-----------Car Gogh
  
The vegetable farmer--------Rutabay-Gogh

 The boastful politician---------E-Gogh
  
 The dyslexic sports fan-------Gogh Yankees
  
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Vincent van Gogh walks into a bar, and the bartender offers him a drink...
"No thank-you," said Vincent, "I've got one 'ere."
What do you call an American drawing? A Yankee Doodle.
Why are vampires artistic? They're good at drawing blood.

There was a recent apprehension of a thief who stole a Monet, a Degas
and a Van Gogh. When questioned by police as to his reasons for
stealing works by these artists his reply was: "I needed the Monet to
buy De GAS to make the VAN GOgh!

A Sunday School teacher began her lesson with a question, 'Boys and girls, what do we know about God?'

A hand shot up in the air.  'He is an artist!' said the kindergarten boy.

'Really?  How do you know?' the teacher asked.

'You know - Our Father, who does art in Heaven... '

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Alexander Cald Her!
(borrowed sculptor joke)


On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
--Peter Steiner, cartoon in The New Yorker,
July 5, 1993


This graphic was created by Roger Doiron in support of the Eat the View! campaign to replant an organic garden on the White House lawn. The image may be reproduced in print and electronic media. Please credit and, in the case of electronic media, link to EatTheView.org.

Humor in Art

If you've ever cleaned your fingernails with a palette knife--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you choose a wine with an eye toward using the bottle in your next still-life--you MIGHT be an artist.

If your idea of losing weight is to paint a thinner self-portrait--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever rinsed your watercolour brush in your coffee--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you didn't realise it until you noticed the taste--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you thought it improved the taste--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you thought it improved the painting--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever drunk the rinse water instead of the coffee--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever considered framing your palette instead of the painting--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever painted an abstract and decided it looked better upside down--you MIGHT be an artist.

If your cat has chrome oxide green paws--you MIGHT be an artist.

If the paintings in your attic start looking better than the one on your easel--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've changed your painting signature more than five times in one year--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever cleaned the toilet rather than start a new painting--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever touched up a painting with WhiteOut--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever gotten cookie crumbs in the Titanium white--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you can spell phthalocyanine, you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever scrubbed a hole in a watercolour--you MIGHT be an artist.

If you've ever accidentally mixed oils and acrylics--you MIGHT be an artist.

by Jim Lane 18 October 1998

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