"Happy little clouds," "happy little trees," "happy little leaves." The late American painter and beloved TV host Bob Ross had a unique and blissful way of teaching art.
Ross' how-to painting show, "The Joy of Painting," was first broadcast on public television in 1983 and ended in 1994. Over the course of the show's 403 episodes, Ross completed over 1,000 painting, all of them landscapes.
Now, more than two decades after his death in 1995, his work is finally being exhibited -- outside his own gallery -- in a solo show.
"Happy Accidents: An Exhibit of Original Bob Ross Paintings" features 24 works from the long-running series, at the Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville, Virginia, about 50 miles from Washington, DC.
The exhibit is small and free of charge -- probably like he would have wanted it -- and its title is a homage to Bob Ross' most famous catchphrase and painting mantra: "We don't make mistakes here, we have happy accidents."
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bob-ross-tv-painter-exhibition/index.html
Ross' how-to painting show, "The Joy of Painting," was first broadcast on public television in 1983 and ended in 1994. Over the course of the show's 403 episodes, Ross completed over 1,000 painting, all of them landscapes.
Now, more than two decades after his death in 1995, his work is finally being exhibited -- outside his own gallery -- in a solo show.
"Happy Accidents: An Exhibit of Original Bob Ross Paintings" features 24 works from the long-running series, at the Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville, Virginia, about 50 miles from Washington, DC.
The exhibit is small and free of charge -- probably like he would have wanted it -- and its title is a homage to Bob Ross' most famous catchphrase and painting mantra: "We don't make mistakes here, we have happy accidents."
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bob-ross-tv-painter-exhibition/index.html
