Interest in Ross had a resurgence in the 21st century with the availability ofThe Joy of Paintingon such streaming platforms asYouTube. In 2020 the Smithsonian acquired two of Ross’s paintings as well as his easel, palette, and brushes and other objects related toThe Joy of Paintingfor the...
Ross supplemented his Air Force income by working shifts at a tavern, where he sold tourists landscapes he’d painted on gold-panning tins. This helped Ross learn how to paint extremely quickly, according to the Orlando Sentinel:“I used to go home at lunch and do a couple while I had ...
Trees and wildlife often filled up Ross’ paintings. However, there was one living creature he rarely included in his work: people. In fact, he intentionally left humans out of his paintings. Many fans requested landscapes and nature scenes. Photo Courtesy: BRI Productions/IMDb In response, Ros...
when it came to all the paintings in the estate—Bob’s vast corpus of work—the Kowalskis argued that, since he was “work-for-hire,” whenever he put a brush on a canvas, Bob Ross, Inc., owned his time and thus all his creative work. On the other hand, when it came to Bob...
Shibasaki, sometimes referred to as the “Bob Ross of Japan,” watched Ross on TV when he was younger. “I respect him very much as a pioneer,” he says. But while Ross typically painted the mountain and river landscapes of North America, Shibasaki is inspired by his own surroundings of...