They might be nice to look at (depending on your taste) but whether they belong in a museum – or even a small public art gallery – is another matter. These landscapes are familiar, but hardly provocative or groundbreaking. Ross is certainly iconic, but his work is another matter. What’s the worst thing that can happen? On this canvas – nothing,” reads the plaque. Wilderness Day, 1994 (Season 31, Episode 13) features trees in the foreground, including one completely stripped of its leaves, a mountain far away, and the hint of a hazy sunset. The final painting in the exhibition is the last one Ross made on The Joy of Painting, and the one work in this show that is the made-on-camera version. connection: Alexander, Ross’s predecessor, wound up retiring in Powell River.) “I just absolutely adore them.” (Another B.C. First Snow, 1992 (Season 26, Episode 3): “I spent a little time up in British Columbia a while back, and they have some of the most gorgeous mountains like this,” the plaque states. One painting has particular resonance here. The plaque for Pretty Autumn Day, 1992 (Season 24, Episode 5) states: “I’m a firm believer that you can do anything in life that you believe you can do, not just on this canvas. In every case but one, the works in the show are those final “book” paintings.įor the wall plaques, Crawford extracted quotes from the episode in which the work was made. Ross did three paintings for each episode: the initial one, where he worked out what he was going to do prior to the show, using it for a reference off-camera the one he made on camera, in 26 minutes or so and the final painting, done afterward, used for the closing shot (and for his books).
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They represent all of the genres, calendar seasons and TV seasons, with the exception of Season 3. Open this photo in gallery:Īt the centre of the exhibition is an area set up to look like a 1980s TV room with Bob Ross being broadcast from the very contemporary flat-screen. Every time I went by the gallery during my short visit, people were queuing outside.
Along with the Bob Ross tote bags and bobble heads.Īll of this is in spite of the absence of international tourists, and the fact that attendance is kept limited for physical distancing. Looking at the Ross landscapes in person, I felt an unusual desire to paint and inquired after the Bob Ross Paint-By-Numbers set. In less than two months, more than 10,000 people have visited the show and they’re on track for a record-breaking 15,000. The show was supposed to open in March, but was delayed because of COVID-19. On July 4, 2020, Bob Ross: Happy Little Accidents opened in Penticton, in a gallery on the shore of Okanagan Lake, with mountain views that would have delighted Ross. He had hoped to do a 32nd season but was too ill. Ross completed 31 seasons or series, each with 13 episodes. It was like a murder mystery you have to stick around to the end to see what happens,” says Crawford, 50, who credits Ross in part with turning him on to art. “I came across it and got sucked into it. Many Canadians – like Crawford, in Vancouver – grew up watching it, too. – drew a huge following and his simple instructional show was picked up by hundreds of PBS affiliates. The Joy of Painting – which, as of Season 2, was produced by WIPB in Muncie, Ind. It was the unlikeliest formula for television success. Using what Alexander called a “wet-on-wet” oil painting technique and uttering soothing encouragement, Ross – working against a plain black set – painted mountains, rivers, trees, completing each landscape in under 30 minutes, while offering calm instructions, along with life lessons, to his viewers. In the 1980s, a PBS station in Falls Church, Va., gave him a shot at hosting an instructional painting show, following in the footsteps of his mentor, Bill Alexander, host of The Magic of Oil Painting, who had since left television. He took painting classes while stationed in Alaska. Ross was born in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1942 and served in the U.S. It’s recommended for people who like: “beverages,” “gifts for the inner child,” “strange stuff.” “Even though Bob Ross is gone, his positive energy drink is here to give you a boost when you need it,” reads the online description.
Wilderness Day by Bob Ross, KSJ/Eskofot DGS/Bob Ross
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