pipes - not so good for your health, but great in artwork

i'm always finding and falling in love with new artwork featuring quizzical animals smoking pipes. maybe pipes are the new owl? ;-)

so i love this print from wayne pate featuring a nautical (think beachcombers) seagull smoking a pipe and wearing gum boots. love his fisherman-meets-frenchman sweater!

i also love this merman print - beards! fish tails! berets and striped sweaters!

both are large, poster-sized silk-screened prints and at $35 each they're a steal. i really need more wall space in here!