That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 26, 2018

“It’s called X,s and O’s. I’ll go first.”

“Sorry it’s so cold in here but it has a special effect that I like.”

I always wondered why Bob Ross was so congenial.

This must have been due to censorship rules. The artist wasn’t allowed to paint a nude. So the artist painted an artist painting a nude.

“Will you hurry up, I’m freezing my bits off!”

I suppose…what with all the mountains and valleys…very scenic.

The answer to her question is yes, always.

Doing the Atkins before picture back in the old days.

Specifically, I’m painting the Grand Tetons.

Artist’s Studio: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%27s_Studio_by_Kuroda_Seiki_(Kagoshima_City_Museum_of_Art).jpg 

(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.

https://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=39 

https://skim607.omeka.net/exhibits/show/kuroda-seiki-and-western-paint/kuroda-seiki-and-western-paint 

http://www.tobunken.go.jp/kuroda/gallery/english/life_e.html 

all have info about this artist. So far, 4 works by him have been used here, with 1 repeat. 

http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/08/02?comments=visible 

has the prior strip (the repeat, my comment there also included the last artist info URL).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1894 (February 26, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

" Jeesh, I wander around the place half-naked, and I still can’t get his attention ! "

Must be the closest he could get to the Grand Tetons.

Little did she realize the when he told her to remove her top and get ready for a mammogram, that she would be waiting nearly 70 years for the darn thing to be invented.