That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 12, 2021

English teacher right before her Zoom™ class.

What REAL french women look like

Odalisque on smoke break.

Emily on a break from her job as a masseuse. Men were putty in her hands.

No. I ain’t a prostitute. I OWN the bordello. Why, you got a problem with that?

She once worked as a barber’s pole—but her mind got twisted.

“Hey, Alice, bring me that map of Oakland, will you, and I’ll have a glass of that rose, rose, rose."

Paint a portrait using every color on your palette, ready? Go!

Going to Walmart after this smoke.

In Lola’s view pursuing a positive self-image was way overrated. Smoking in bed all day was a lot easier.

you, too, can have your own diabetes, lung cancer, and emphysema with little or no effort…

She ain’t smokin’. No cigarette, no ash tray.

“What if I’m smoking a cigarette? That will help me look sexier, right?”

“You want me to lose the cancer stick? That’s an extra $20, bub.”

There’s never a fracas or fuss/ (sheer cold fear grips the bravest of us)/ We’ve subdued brave men/ but we kids are cowed when/ Missus Houlihan drives the school bus.

I’d read a book but it’s too much effort to reach one – lockdown gets you in the end.

S.I. Swimsuit model post lockdown

Centerfold for “School Bus Driver Monthly”.

The artist was prone to expend/ endless toil to enhance her friend/ she tried every pattern/ to disguise the slattern/ but her efforts fell short in the end.

Allison was confident the vertical stripes made her legs look sleek, completing her elegant look.

Three guesses where she keeps her lighter (and change purse) and the first two don’t count.

Pre-game warmup before women’s league night at the bowling alley

“She was the kind of woman who made you want to drop to your knees and thank God you were a man! She reminded me of my mother, all right. No doubt about it.”

I’m trying to look my best / But I insist on covering my chest / But if you treat me right / And give me a light / I might let you see the rest.

Carlita from Chicago. Before the Great Fire.

Listen mister, you ain’t seen nothing yet….wait till I undress!

Maggie seems to have adjusted well to the Covid-19 lockdown…

“NO HONEY, IT’S NOT STORMING. I JUST MOVED MY THIGHS! GO BACK TO SLEEP NOW!”

♪ Have another ciggie and do your hair up just like Squiggie* in the mor-or-ornin! ♪

Laverne and Shirley character. I only recall Squiggie from the commercials. I was NOT a fan and for you to believe that I was is an insult of the highest order! *PISTOLS AT DAWN! (If I don’t show up, shoot yourself for I was certain to win the day regardless)

The Blue Room: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Room_by_Suzanne_Valadon.jpg 

(best viewed with Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most webpage as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

 

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/valadon_suzanne.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/suzanne-valadon 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9001153/suzanne-valadon 

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/suzanne-valadon/ 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Suzanne_Valadon/9001126/Suzanne_Valadon.aspx 

https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Sp-Z/Valadon-Suzanne.html 

https://prabook.com/web/suzanne.valadon/3743189 

http://www.artnet.com/artists/suzanne-valadon/ 

https://ambertravels.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/woman-artist-suzanne-valadon/ 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/valadon-suzanne-1865-1938 

http://web.archive.org/web/20160820013056/https://www.academia.edu/5522850/Suzanne_Valadon._Commenented_Biography._A_First_Approach 

all have info, the last of which may be slow to complete, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 3 works by her have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/08/03?comments=visible 

has the prior, which while my comment is still there, with the line breaks removed, its 20 hyperlinks remain inactive, ?&@#!#%&!, but the text may be informative.

 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2683 (April 11, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Given that this painting is titled ‘The Blue room’, I am guessing the painter didn’t actually want the woman in the painting, but he was too scared to ask to please leave?

Guesses as to the books she’s set aside?

Alice the librarian reflects upon how nice and peaceful the teacher’s lounge is since the unions closed her school. :>)

“No, no. I’ve changed my mind. I won’t be doing a nude painting today. Just leave them on.”

jula la lard, had to pay dearly to have her portrait painted, and have the artist carve off some fat ,and “freshen” up her face, so she could put it on Facebook, looking for husband.

Can you remind me? Is this the “Before” or “After” picture for the weight loss ad?

So many scornful putdowns! It’s not a cliche romance novel cover, or an ad copying others’ versions of manufactured modern American male fantasy. It’s an artist’s view of interesting colors and shapes of body, clothing, and furniture, and the play of light. As it happens, the model looks to me to be rosy, healthy, thoughtful, liberated, and comfortable. She had no need to be made “attractive” to you lot by means of face paint, whalebone, virtual footbinding, curling iron, etc. in this context. I know we like to joke around, speculating on the motivation for these paintings, but this isn’t one of the grotesque ones.