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My uncle Frank, now 97 years young, introduced me to artist/broadcaster Bob Ross (1942-1995) when I was a kid. Growing up, my uncle Frank was the craftsman of craftsmen. He could fix a leaky toilet, ...

"Start gentle at the top, and then tap a little more," instructed artist Chris Severn. It's the beginnings of a happy scene inside a Friday night Wescosville Art Class. "Every tree needs a buddy," ...

Dozens of Bob Ross paintings — many of them created live on the PBS series that made him a household name — will be auctioned off in the coming months to support public television. Ross, with his ...

Throughout most of the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s, PBS aired The Joy of Painting, a quiet art show that might’ve been lost to the annals of history if it weren’t for the magnetic host. He ...

The iconic art and mannerisms of artist Bob Ross — the afro-haired artist who made painting accessible with phrases like "happy little trees" for years on PBS — are famous around the world. For a ...

Two years ago, Barbie Sawyer accomplished a dream: She became a Certified Ross Instructor. After three consecutive weeks studying in the Florida-based program, she was ready to spread the techniques ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Three paintings by beloved artist Bob Ross were sold at auction for more than $600,000 to help support American ...

A “happy little” painting sold for $47,500 in Towson on Friday — well above estimates — in a rare auction of a Bob Ross original. Ross, whose soft-spoken TV lessons on “The Joy of Painting” reached ...