That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 12, 2017

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Short message to his girlfriend: You Better Buckle Up Baby!

What’s with the garish colors? It’s like an old TV where someone’s been messing with the tint knob.

Worst Dressed “Winner” 1845

Puss-n-Boots look a like, but forgot his ears

Elf, laid off by Santa, drowns his sorrows

It’s amazing how often we see these guys polishing their rods.

“Tracht” is costume, but I get nothing for “Rittner”. It’s only one letter off from “Ritter” = “knight”, but that "n"may make it an entirely different word. Or it’s some conjugation of “Ritt” = “rider” that Google translate does not recognize, so that’s a riding costume.

I’d think it would scare the horses…

“I got a hunch, fat man!”

…knocked a hole in my head. The metal plate’s right here.

Jewel tones just speak to me.

And speak.

And speak.

Can’t stop the voices!

May the schwartz be with you.

Do you feel lucky punk? Do you?

2 URLs (each is one line):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wachter-georg-1809-1863-austri-tiroler-schutze-in-rittner-tra.jpg

(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly large envelope size oil on metal painting.

http://www.askart.com/artist/Georg_Wachter/11078889/Georg_Wachter.aspx

has a very short bio of the artist.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1778 (September 11, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.

The eighth dwarf….. Gaudy.

I guess cowboys didn’t invent those HUGE belt buckles.

The Bachelor circa 1845. ..“We did,t have the Rose Ceremony, we used a stick!!”….

I just wish it was this big.

What’s he compensating for with that belt buckle?

“It’S THAT LITTLE OLD WINEMAKER, ME!”