Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 12, 2025

Should sell for about two million!!!!!

People that eat those things are as disrespectful as smokers as far as being pigs with the shells.

While drinking lots of carotid juice, and soaking up rays.

after his potatoes period

Sadly, the vast majority of artists — even extremely good ones — are of the starving variety.

Maybe his bird watching period?

Stiller life?

He was living in a seedy part of town.

Do they have the classic painting by the Yorkshire artist entitled “Bowl of Gravel”?

hey, if a duct taped banana can get ya 6 mil from some sucker, (which is gonna rot, an’ then ya got nuthin’!), this one should bring in a bunch a kabbage!

Oh, that was good! My sister and I threw our heads back and laughed at this clever one.

Unfortunately the National Gallery in London was so crowded when we saw one of van Gogh’s sunflower paintings there that it quite took away from the enjoyment. The peach tree at Arles painting at the Cortauld was much more appreciated. It was in a small room, no people in there at the time, a bench to sit on right in front of the painting. My sister sat there very still, tears falling off her rapt face.