Who is your favorite painter?
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AgentWood wrote: i assume it's no longer on the air.
in short, bob ross is one of the greatest americans who ever lived.
And he was a great friend of squirrels... Sniff... What was the name? Peapod the Pocket Squirrel?...
He (BR) is on a german education channel every night... It is great fun to watch him in order to chill out... His soft voice and his incredible technique to paint marvellous kitschy pictures in about 30 minutes is legend (even here ;) ).
Hockney & Goya.
Although, others mentioned Casper David Friedrich and Francis Bacon - I love them too.
Bere wrote:
AgentWood wrote: i assume it's no longer on the air.
in short, bob ross is one of the greatest americans who ever lived.
And he was a great friend of squirrels... Sniff... What was the name? Peapod the Pocket Squirrel?...
He (BR) is on a german education channel every night... It is great fun to watch him in order to chill out... His soft voice and his incredible technique to paint marvellous kitschy pictures in about 30 minutes is legend (even here ;) ).
i'm glad to hear that bob ross crossed the atlantic. long live bob ross! :D
I found Bob Ross Wallpapers on the Web. Perhaps you may use the Link for your tribute site. ;)
its gotta be Piccasso (Pick-arse-o as he is known in some quarters)and the Japanese artist Yoshimoto Nara
I was in a graphics and model supplies shop yesterday, and there was a load of Bob Ross related books/videos.
Funny stuff.
AgentWood wrote:
frank smarra wrote: The Late, The Great Bob "Happy Trees" Ross
in high school i had a hanging plant named bob ross. it had a 'fro, just like our happy little bob.
rest in peace, mr. ross.
to answer our texas friend's question: bob ross had a show on PBS in the '80s called 'the joy of painting'. within the span of thirty short minutes he could turn blank canvases into beautiful landscapes, ready for display above queen beds in super 8 motels all across america. he also had a penchant for saying things like, 'now i'll paint some happy little trees,' or, 'i'll put a happy little cabin right here, next to this happy little bush.' his voice was as gentle and sing-song as a mountain stream and a thousand picks couldn't do justice to that gorgeous afro. unfortunately, mr. ross died about 15 years ago; his son took over the show for a while, but as i haven't seen it listed in years, i assume it's no longer on the air.
in short, bob ross is one of the greatest americans who ever lived.
I do recall that Ross did a promo for MTV quite awhile ago, working on one of his paintings and declaring that MTV was the place for "happy little trees". Certainly much more viewable than a lot of the stuff they had back then, never mind the crap they have on now.
I always associate Bob Ross now with a sketch done on the now-defunct Seattle sketch comedy show "Almost Live," in which Ross was painting happy little trees, happy little flowers, a happy little window on a house...then pausing and putting a happy little nude woman in the window, then taking a shower, then her nude friend coming in.... Very funny.
LS Lowry for me, simple northern scenes.
Love Munch as well. Went to the Oslo museum which houses much of his work last year. He wasn't a very happy bunny Munch and was also slightly confused. Munch did a painting of a guy who's lover had just deserted him, so gutted was the guy, that he cut his own hand off. Now, if you've just become single, what's the one thing you're gonna need most ;)
Rene Magritte. William Hogarth. Mark Rothko. Roy Lichtenstein. Georges Seurat. Wassily Kandinsky.
many others. :)
