Author: Steve Melcher

Jiaming Wang, Chinese

Portrait of the Artist’s Girlfriend, Shelley, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Rembrandt Peale, American

Darn It. Ed Knew He Had Forgotten Something On His To Do List. Pay the Electric Bill!, 1805-08

Oil on canvas

Herbert Arnould Olivier, British

“No Sir, That’s Not a Bombing Target. That’s Just Some Caramel Drizzle. Sorry — I Was Working On This at Starbucks,” ca. 1944

Oil on canvas

Gawen Hamilton, Scottish

“Oh, My Mistake, Sir. When You Commissioned This, I Thought You Said You Liked Big BOATS and You Could Not Lie,” ca. 1735

Oil on canvas

John Hamilton Mortimer, English

Jack Soon Discovered That the Problem With Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors Against Yourself Was You Wound Up With a Lot of Ties, 1767

Oil on canvas

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, Dutch

Portrait of the Famous Artist Salvador Doggy, 1845

Pastel

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian

If It Really Is True That You Are What You Eat, Scott Might Be Overdoing It With the Fiber, 1591

Oil on panel

Charles Baugniet, Belgian

“I Had Planned To End Your Interview By Asking Where You Saw Yourself in 10 Years. But the Fact We Live in a Class-Based Society Where Upward Mobility Is a Pipe Dream Kinda Takes the Fun Out of It,” 1881

Oil on panel