1. Olive with a
Heart on
- (Say it outloud 'til
it is funny.)
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2.
Have Toothpick
will Travel
this was inspired by our
love of travel and the urge to just get out and see
the world.
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3.
Posing for the Photograph
SKinney got really hammered
one night and was posing in other people's photos
at the restraurant we were at. People we didn't even
know and they were sitting across the restraurant
celebrating some chick's birthday...
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4.
What is so funny?
i think almost everyone got
this joke pulled on them in school...or was the joke
puller.
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5. Mistress Olive
this came from a convo
SKinney and I had about why some olives had a dominating
taste.....
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6. Damn
Sometimes it's just one
of those days....
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7. Fly Olive Airlines
Inspired by a delightful
lady I met that collected our art and her husband
loved to fly and drink martinis - tho' never at
the same time.
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8. Deep Martini Diving
imagine if Olives could
dive.
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9. Olive U Still
we firmly believe Love
never dies.
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10. Olive Altar
if olives worshipped anything,
it would be a martini....
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11. Punk olive
SKinney used to be a punk
- matter of fact, he's still the punkest person
I know.
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12. olives gone bad!
started from a joke, SKinney
said the olives we were about to eat had gone bad-
the related bad things they could have possibly
been doing in the 'fridge.
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13. the easter olive
Well who the heck else
is gonna bring you martinis on Easter?
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14. platform shoes
i love shoes. As much as
Kelly does.
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15. daring rescue
this was inspired in a
weird way by the Mission Impossible series (not
the crappy Tom Cruise versions).
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16. Scary martini
this was one of the first
in the series and still one of the top five ordered
- we still think it's funny.
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17. Copy this!
There was this other artist
that was copying our olives - it was so demoralizing.
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18. Olive U
This was the first one
in the series and came from a very sweet moment
from SKinney.
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19. Dive In!
If you were an olive, what
would you do in a martini?
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20. Looking for a Martini
We wrote the phrase "for
a martini" and decided to use the first word
we heard on CNN - that word was "looking".
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21. Bark like a dog
this one was made to go
with Mistress Olive.
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22. In Love with
a Gibson Girl
Someone asked if we ever
drew onions, like from the mixed drink Gibsons.
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23. Waiting for a date
in a tangled way this came
from ":Cops"; SKinney and i were watching
it and they were busting hookers .
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24.Good Olive
for everything light there
must be dark..
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25.Bad Olive
for everything dark there
must be light.
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26. U Bet!
do you know one of those
annoying people that is always happy - all the freakin'
time?.
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27. This is not a costume party
this is from something
that actually happened to me and a friend - we went
in full costume and walked into the WRONG HOUSE!.
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28. Texas Olive
Cuz i'm from TEXAS baby!
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29. Put 'em Up!
Drunk people always wanna
fight.
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30. U think you're so big
I used to know someone
and when he'd get drunk he'd say stupid crap like
that..matter of fact that's one of the things he
used to say.
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31. Tall Chicks Rule
i'm not tall but i hope
to be in my next lifetime - SKinney says being tall
is tops.
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32.Rumpshaker
I love, love, love to dance!.
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33. Ghost of
martinis past
empty glasses make me sad..
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34. The Party is Over
this was one of the earliest
ones in the series - we were talking about how olives
might act after everyone has passed out.
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35. Hey you stop that
from a Monty Python sketch.
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36. Drunken olives
well how sober would you
be if your gig in life was to be a martini olive?.
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37. Ballet Olive
i can't stay awake for
ballet - but i really think it's pretty.
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38. Floater
an early incarnation of
Crime Scene.
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39. Singing Trio
don't ya love drunk people
who wanna sing?
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40. OUCH!
that's gonna hurt.
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41. Help Me!
one of my personal favs.
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42. Running
SKinney loves to run -
me? not so much - well okay not at all .
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43. Dressed up for
The Martini
Remember when people used
to get dressed for dinner?
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44. Classy Olive
more classiness and dressing
up.
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45. Scuba Olive
i have no desire to do
this but I love watching undersea vids.
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46. Olive You too
another in the on-going
love.
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47. Art Police
i had this real jerk write
me and complain about the color of my olives not
being "real" and oh yeah olive's don't
move around or have arms and legs (no kidding?).
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48. Crimescene
another fav - i love CSI
and true crime books.
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49. Bob quit drinking
u can figure this one out.....
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50. FrankenOlive
homage to one of my fav
classic horror films.
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51. I said i was sorry
when flowers just won't
do it - send Olives!
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52. hello my baby...
Vaudeville was interesting
to me.
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53. Peace baby peace
how to respond to any argument.
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54. Shakin' not stirred
How do you like YOUR martinis?
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55. someone tilted
the room!
Ever drank this much?
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56. it's alive! it's alive!
More homage to Frankenstein.
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57. First Date
first dates are so cool.
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58. What the.....
SKinney came up with this
one - i still giggle.
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59. Across the Martini....
Great Olives in American
History - most people don't know about George Washington
Olive crossing the Martini.
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60. I hate getting
stuck with you....
inspired by someone i used
to have to be with for business...
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61. THAT is not a martini...
truth be known, i really
love coffee.
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62. Will work for gin
Another artist emailed
me this idea - Thanks Julie!
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63. Oh, He's been sick..
SKinney came up with this
one, he pulled an olive out of a jar that was pathetic
... and announced that olive had obviously been
sick.
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64. guys..i don't think the
new guy is really an Olive....
I'm not sure where this
came from....
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65. olives are not funny
from an email we got -lambasting
SKinney and i about our art not being funny.
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66. Ahhhh!!!!!
rollerblading rules!
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67. floating in the martini
we imagined this is how
olives relax.
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68. will work for vodka
inspired by working for
gin.
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69. grapes and olives
SKinney and i decided grapes
and olives probably don't like each other.
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70. bad neighbours
and the bad blood continues.
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71. Zen Martini
SKinney is very spiritual
- this makes me think of him.
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72. Not as serious as it looks
i knew someone that got
attacked by a nut with an axe and he was told by
a doc in the ER -well it just looks worse than it
is (and his arm was falling off).....
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73. Doctoring the Martini
personal request from a
doctor - i revamped it for the series.
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74. I sit here all alone with a martini built for
two- well i showed up but where are you?
I will send you a free
olive painting if you can tell me where this line
came from.
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75. Oops i did it again
Sorry Britney Spears makes
us laugh - what a train wreck!
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76. Great escape
and more escaping!
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77. get help
olives are probably very
much into helping each other escape.
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78. martini splash party
what could be more fun
than a party in a martini?
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79. Martiniland
this is where all the good
martinis want to go.
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80. diving into the martini
another early one and still
hotly requested.
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81. parachuting in
in a weird way this was
inspired by what color is your parachute? and i
know it has nothing to do with that in the literal
sense.
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82. in an alternate reality, the martini would be
inside
SKinney thinks wayyyy outside
the box - and he blurted this out one day - i thought
it was a such a cool thing to say.
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83. was that YOU?
pretty self explanitory.....
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84. King Olive
"It's good to be the
King".
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85. Relaxing
more leisure time in the
martini.
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86. Ommmmm
being spiritual in the
martini.
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87. martini bath
cleanliness is next to....
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88. olive u this much
a little more martini love.....
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89. the divine olive
every group needs their
Supreme Being....
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90. Daredevil
we thought there might
be a daredevil among olives.
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91. what did u do?
do you know someone completely
accident prone? we do.
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92. smokin'!
inspired by a line in "The
Mask".
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93. another daring rescue
more attempts to leave.
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94. abstract olive study
Cubism is the study of
a common object all dismembered and each piece looked
at in a new way....
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95. lost my martini
Loss is part of healing.
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96. the artist as an olive
this is one of the self
help paintings..or just me being silly.
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97. olive with a fish
we like olives and we like
fish .
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98. spike the ball!
remember that scene in
"meet the parents" where they play volleyball?
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99. stick 'em up
olive on olive crime is
a national tragedy.
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100. there's a new
martini in town
line up and get ready to
take on the new martini!.
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Thank
you or supporting a self representing living artist!
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