That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 04, 2020

“I like the painting of them playing cards, but I’m a cat person.”

“I like it. Does it come in other colors?” (A question I was actually asked when I was selling my art works.)

François made 80% of his yearly income when the Swimsuit Edition came out.

“Astounding! That’s really Harry and Meghan? But they look so…happy?!”

“I can paint better than that with one hand behind my back.”

“Are you sure this is what a woman without clothes looks like?”

the latest model flat screen tv had the boys spellbound…

“All I did was match the paint with the number, easy peasy.”

And if you buy that one, I promise I will not tell your wife.

Tinder, the early days.

Pierre presents the illustrated rules for the three-legged race.

“What a beautiful easel! What marvelous craftsmanship! Who was the carpenter?”

I need a gift for my mother-in-law. Do you have anything a bit more downscale – perhaps a wild animal on black velvet?

Art criticism is subjective/ but one needn’t be a detective/ to note with dismay/ that he’s gone quite astray/ His anatomy’s always defective.

“The really good stuff painted on black velvet is in the other room, guys.”

I’m starting to like this one. Could somebody please open another case of wine?

Art Lovers in the Artist’s Studio: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Eugene_Fichel_Kunstliebhaber_im_Atelier_1865.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly letter size painting.

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=1874 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Benjamin_Eugene_Fichel/11100606/Benjamin_Eugene_Fichel.aspx 

https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1046-1/106-eugene-fichel.html 

https://prabook.com/web/eugene.fichel/2428212 

https://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=278&sold=1 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, if askart.com is truncated, it can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/04/18?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the first 3 artist info URLs, the first of which may be unresponsive).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2463 (June 3, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

The meeting of the Farsighted Art Appreciation Club ended with the usual motion to require that all art to be featured in future meetings be wall sized or larger. And as usual, a very old Michelangelo blackballed the motion.

When you asked us up to see your etchings, we assumed that women would be here also.

in the 17 hundreds the long coat had a great purpose, you can go potty while still in meeting and not miss a word..

Yes, these are the prices for the face paintings you have requested. Which one of you is first?

And this painting is a very good investment – the artist is going to kick the bucket any day now