Author: Steve Melcher

Alfredo Rodriguez, Mexican

Everything Was Going Great at the Honeycutt’s Thanksgiving Until They Realized They Only Had Six Plates and Two Forks For 15 People, 2014

Oil on linen

Wojciech Weiss, Polish

“It’s From the Neighbors. They Say the Walls Are Thin and They Have Small Children, So They’d Appreciate It If We Kept It Down, Blah Blah Blah…,” 1913

Oil on canvas

Ludwig Deutsch, Austrian

When You Have To Pee in India and Can’t Find a Sitarbucks, 1913

Oil on canvas

Vittorio Reggianini, Italian

“This Shakespeare Is Such an Idiot. If All the World Really Is a Stage, Where Is the Audience Sitting?,” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Aleksander Lesser, Russian-Polish

Hmm…Should Darrell Go All the Way Back to the Barracks and Get His Razor, Or Just Try Shaving With This Sucker?, 1835

Oil on canvas

Aleksander Lesser, Russian-Polish

“You Can Turn Back Around Now, Greg. The Coast Is Clear. Sorry — I Totally Forgot My Grandmother and Her Bridge Group Were Stopping By,” 1837

Oil on canvas

Joseph Badger, American

Hannah Had Learned She Could Make an Awkward Portrait Session Fly By If She Smoked About a Pound of Weed First, ca. 1746

Oil on canvas

William Mosman, Scottish

Jack Found That Having an Armed Caddy Tended To Discourage Complaints About His Liberal Scorekeeping, 1749

Oil on canvas