1 mysterious painting to go

👋 Asher here.

I'm no fancy-schmancy art collector, but I really liked this painting that I found a few months back at Uncommon Objects. It's joyous, whimsical, bright, full of character and beautifully painted.

• Since you asked, I paid a little over $100 for it. The painting (roughly 6 inches tall by 2 feet wide) now hangs across from my bed.

The intrigue: The painting is signed "Gómez" but I can't figure out who that is — and there are no markings on the back.

• On a whim, I wrote Cheech Marin asking if he might have some idea — but I haven't heard back. ChatGPT wasn't much help, either.

The bottom line: While I'm interested in learning the painting's backstory, at the end of the day it just makes me happy to catch sight of it every morning.