Author: Steve Melcher

Jean-Claude Bonnefond, French

“Bro, You HAVE To Tell Me Where You Found These Shoes. They’re Soooooo Cute.”

“I Know, Right? 70% Off at Fet Locker. And They Also Have an Awesome Bridle Department,” 1822

Oil on canvas

 

Keeley Halswelle, English

Well, This Was Awkward. Ellie Couldn’t Tell If Her Parents Were Having Sex in There Or Just Trying To Move the Sofa, 1864

Oil on canvas

Yehuda Pen, Russian/Soviet Lithuanian

Early TikTok Video, From Back When the App Was Mostly Timepiece Repair Tutorials, 1924

Oil on canvas

 

Jean-Eugène-Charles Alberti, Dutch

Legendary Roman Gladiator Gaius Gluteus Maximus (Son of Shartacus), 1808

Oil on canvas 

 

Joseph Denis Odevaere, Southern Netherlandish

For the Past Year, Trevor Had Been Going To a Therapist For His Dyslexia. Or At Least That’s What He THOUGHT the Sign on the Door Said, 1805

Oil on canvas

André Brouillet, French

If Dracula Had Been Transylvania Dutch, 1888

Oil on canvas

Jean-Simon Berthélemy/Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, French

“Here You Go, Dude. It’s Called ‘Fire.’ It’ll Come in Handy When You’re Cooking Your Food, Lighting Your Villages, and Requesting Encores at Fleetwood Mac Concerts,” 1802/re-painted in 1826

Oil on canvas

Artist Unknown

“Yeah, I Might Have Overdone It With the Fertilizer On My Portabello Mushrooms This Year,” 1799

Watercolor on paper