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   margueritem said, 4 months ago

   I’m amazed that she’s still awake.
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   win said, 4 months ago

   Unfortunately the crazy glue on her fingers was not dry.
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   Superfrog said, 4 months ago

   This is what people did before television.
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   Linguist said, 4 months ago

   Woman debating whether she should give up painting and take up the mandolin.
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   pcolli said, 4 months ago

   When will they invent electric lighting? It’s too dark to paint and this paint brush feels like a musical instrument.
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   masterskrain said, 4 months ago

   Is that “Watching Paint Dry”, or “Watching Painting Dry”?
   Either way, it’s BORING!!!
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   finale said, 4 months ago

   Still better than the Kardashians or Jersey Shore.
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   Bailey said, 4 months ago

   @Superfrog

   Yep… the precursor to a flat-screen!
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   mabrndt said, 4 months ago

   Click-to-enlarge image can be found here, or here, with a smaller enlargement at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.
   
   Young Woman in Red Blouse (AKA Young Woman with a Mandolin, link shows Wikipedia page) is shown by its current-location page (Google translated, different coloration image).
   
   Another different coloration, click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Another different coloration image can be found here. The artist included a mandolin in several paintings of (young) women, available online, even another one, found here, with a red blouse. The artist‘s Wikipedia page and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level).
   
   Second (not my best day), of the 3 works by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
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    coolhand000 said, 4 months ago

    Tuning up for “Idol. .”
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    Bailey said, 4 months ago

    @mabrndt

    … "
    Second (not my best day), of the 3 works by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here."
    -
    Your “not best” days are amazing at worst… your best days…? Phenomenal.
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    MissScarlet said, 4 months ago

    I went to see the Caravaggio exhibit at LACMA yesterday and discovered that I now can’t view a painting without trying to caption it inappropriately!
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    Bailey said, 4 months ago

    @MissScarlet

    “I went to see the Caravaggio exhibit at LACMA yesterday and discovered that I now can’t view a painting without trying to caption it inappropriately!”
    -
    That just rocks!!! Art is alive.
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    Rickapolis said, 4 months ago

    Play, lady, play.
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    Arianne said, 4 months ago

    @MissScarlet

    Then Steve Melcher’s job is done!!!
    (Same here! :)
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