With a few exceptions, my collection is mostly rock, pop, folk, & blues (vocal) songs. Including classical instrumental music would have overwhelmed the list with pieces that (except for the titles) seemed to have little to do with visual art. I realize that some of you may think that description also applies to some of these songs, and you may be right. But it's my list, and while I'm starting to regret Kenny Rogers' "If I Were a Painting," you won't be able to talk me out of Billie Holiday's "I'm Painting the Town Red." (Some of these tracks are available on my iTunes page, HERE.)

COLOR:
I'm Painting the Town Red by Billie Holiday - The Incomparable
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks
Paintings In Yellow by Sandra - Paintings In Yellow
Yellow and Blue (Wasted On You) by Shawn Alexis - Yellow and Blue
Flash of Green by Ben Graves - Memphis
Painting the World Blue by Marcia Guderian - Mansion On Mars
Blue by Joni Mitchell - Blue
Pale Purple by Ani Difranco - Ani DiFranco
Grey by Ani Difranco - Revelling/Reckoning
Shades of Brown by James Brown - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
Charcoals and Grays by All One Surface - Such Is the Way to the Stars

PROCESS:
Art Is Hard by Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Inside Your Painting by Patty Larkin - Red=Luck
Painting by Numbers by James McMurtry - Too Long in the Wasteland
Painting Outside the Lines by Dan Neal - When the Big Picture Fades
Painting Mailboxes by Mitzi Cowell - 33
Roadside Art by David Wilcox - East Asheville Hardware
Drawing On the Sidewalk by Brady Rymer - I FOUND IT!
Graffiti Limbo by Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
Sad Pencil Blues by Big Bill Broonzy - 1937-1940 Part 2: Chicago 1937, 1938
My Pencil Won't Write No More by Muddy Waters - One More Mile - Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1
Sketchings on a bar room napkin by Lullaby for the Working Class - Song
Empty Canvas by Cary Aria - Obsexed
When I Paint My Masterpiece by Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Orange Crate Art by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks - Orange Crate Art
(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures by The Revillos - Totally Alive in London
Procrastination by Madelyn Lavender - Memory Tree

ROLE MODELS & INSPIRATION:
Fine Artiste by R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders - R. Crumb's Music Sampler
Paul Gauguin In the South Seas by Jimmy Webb - Twilight of the Renegade
Hopper Painting by Janis Ian - Janis Ian
Edward Hopper Land by Pop's Basement - Pop's Basement
Vincent by Don McLean - American Pie
Vincent Van Gogh by Jonathan Richman - Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love
Pablo Picasso by Jonathan Richman - I Must Be King - The Best of Jonathan Richman
Picasso's Last Words by Denny Laine - Choice Rock Cuts
Mr. Jones by Counting Crows - August and Everything After
The Monsters of Goya by Deadman - In the Heart of Mankind
Salvador Dali Day by Don McIntyre - Love Goes On (but the Gloves Come Off
Music for Marcel Duchamp by Markus Hinterhauser - Cage: Works for Prepared Piano
Escher by Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
Frida K's Fault by JohNNy SiZZle - JohNNy SiZZle
Jackson Pollack Is Dead by Driftless Pony Club - Janel
Andy Warhol by David Bowie - Bowie at the Beeb - The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68-72
Joe the Lion by David Bowie - Heroes
Bob Ross the Art of Painting by Transformer Di Roboter - Blacklabel Records Compilation
Mona Lisa by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Alone in IZ World
You and the Mona Lisa by Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs
A Mural from Two Perspectives (Whitney Museum) by Duke Ellington - Live at the Whitney

LIFESTYLE. ETC:
Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama) by Superchunk - Here's to Shutting Up
Painter's Song by Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Pictures in an Exhibition by Death Cab For Cutie - Something About Airplanes
Gallery Opening by Bas One - For the Mentally Astute: Theory of a Throw Up
In the Gallery by Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Hanging in the Gallery by The Strawbs - The Very Best of Strawbs - Halcyon Days
Museum by Donovan - Troubadour, The Definitive Collection
Artists Only by the Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
I Live for Art by Mark Gould and Pink Baby Monster - Mark Gould and Pink Baby Monster
Pictures and Painting by Jenna Mammina - Under the Influence
Must I Paint a Picture? by Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg
If I Were a Painting by Kenny Rogers - Love Is Strange
The Lady Painting by Raz - The Other Side
Painting Pictures of Egypt by Sara Groves - Conversations
A Painter Passing Through by Gordon Lightfoot - A Painter Passing Through
Painter & the Poet by david m. bailey - LIFE
Portrait by Rosanne Cash - Interiors
A Case Of You by Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles
Subterranean Lovesick Painter by Moes Haven - Svetlana Finds Solace In the Arms of English Men of Letters
The Painter by Neil Young - The Painter - Single
Be My Yoko Ono by Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
Tattoo by The Who - The Who Sell Out
(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe
Psychedelic Lunatic by Madelyn Lavender - Memory Tree
Keep Your Day Job by the Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Vol 6

Did I miss anything? Let me know where I can hear it (or read the lyics) , and I'll consider adding it to the list.