Author: Steve Melcher

Rudolf Ernst, Austrian

“People! There’s Another Puddle! For the Millionth Time, Either Lengthen Those Chains or Move the Litter Boxes Closer,” Date Unknown

Oil on panel

Walter Dendy Sadler, English

Olive Garden Diner Struggling To Finish His Never Ending Pasta Bowl, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau, French

The Johnsons Were Thrilled To Discover That If You Stood Far Enough Upwind, You Almost Couldn’t Tell the Baby Needed a Change, 1890s

Oil on canvas

Edmund Blair Leighton, English

Cecil Couldn’t Believe He Was Really About To Crash Ben and J.Lo’s Wedding. Hopefully No One Would Notice He Didn’t Actually Look Like Matt Damon, 1890

Oil on panel

Benjamin West, American-British

The Artist and His Family, Who Frankly Could Give a Sh*t, ca. 1772

Oil on canvas

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Danish

“At the Conclusion of My Teachings, I Shall Give You a Thorough Examination — Uhh, That Is, I Will Administer a Testes — a TEST!, I Mean — That Will Reveal How Your Intellect Has Groin — Err, GROWN. I’m Sorry — Could You Please Put On Some Pants Or Something?,” ca. 1813-16

Oil on canvas

Samuel Morse, American

So Far, Susan’s Work On Her Book, “How I Overcame Writer’s Block,” Was Off To An Inauspicious Start, ca. 1836-7

Oil on canvas

Jean-François Marie Bellier, French

“Um, Guys? That’s Either a Band of Angry Revolutionaries Coming Our Way, Or the Touring Company of ‘Les Miz,'” 1790

Oil on canvas