That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 31, 2023

Giovanni liked his furnishings plain and simple, but Maria heard that white vase screaming: PAINT ME!

Maria misunderstood when she was told to paint the vase.

I dont know Carl, how much does a Grecian Earn?

That’s my family’s ash urn, dear.

Did she dare to tell him that it wasn’t snuff being kept in that urn but Uncle Cedric’s ashes…

How much does a greek urn?

“No one will notice that I accidentally broke it into a million pieces this morning and took all day to glue it back for tonight’s gala.”

That response held less water than the vase.

Nigel found that while Helen would do anything for a A Klondike bar, when it came to a free vase, there were a few suggestions not available

“Seriously, Margaret, it’s a great idea and easy to access later. Paint her nude on the center part of the wallpaper and then fold it up. I call it ‘a center-fold.’”

Mansplaining goes back a long way.

Yes, the urn is kind-of large. Of course, mother was kind-of large too.

Madam Louise, I have some exotic vases in my bedroom………….really exotic!

“If I might suggest, madame, the shape of the rabbit’s head should look more like this.”

“I need it to be more pastel.”

Geez, I’m glad I don’t have to do the dusting in that room.

Dolores had little to fear from Aroldo. His taste in things Grecian and flowery has nothing to do with urns and vases.

“Nice, but can you make her boobs bigger?”

“I just read Senator Josh Hawley’s book – Manhood It seems I’ve been doing right all my life!”

…and then she slaps him

Somebody’s interior decorator is doing acid. :)

So you’ve already forgotten about that time the kids were playing badminton in the hallway…

“Why is this urn up on a pedestal? Because it’s a collector’s item! The Marques de Sade himself spit into it.”

Every time you say a bad word you put a schekel in it. This should last you a couple days.

Finishing Touches: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Francesco Beda" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Finishing, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3140 (May 31, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by this artist have been used here (5 times total, with 1 repeated twice), the September 5, 2018, strip being the prior (a repeat). The June 22, 2018, strip has the prior non-repeat. The still available artist info URLs in my comment there are here links in my blog comment.

Going for Baroque.

“I know the table is hideous; just keep looking at the vase.”

look out for that old man leering from behind the Curtin. he thinks no one can see him.

“The Art Lesson” date unknown

We must now let it dry for a few hours, and then we can play spin the urn.

This is one of several Masterpieces for which all of my original Comments (and virtually all of my Replies to others) were deleted by GoComics and not later restored. Nearly a year later I’ve decided to do my best to recreate at least one response for each painting.

/// The large urn started out as pure white.

In this room. that’s a huge oversight:

Bright designs grace each plate

near forms gold and ornate.

With The Art Lesson they’ll set things right.

/// Jacques, her teacher, had painted a scene

and designs in gold, pink, rose and green

on one half of the urn,

and now she was to learn

what to paint on the half that’s pristine.

/// The gold leaf at the neck and the base

don’t yet go all around her new vase.

He advises her how

to apply more paint now

so the back will match up with the face.

/// There was one lesson, which, to her shock,

was not taught by this fop, Monsieur Jacques.

When you’re painting with oil,

your silk dress you may spoil

if you don’t cover up with a smock.