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He returned to Florida, studied painting with Alexander, joined his "Alexander Magic Art Supplies Company" and became a traveling salesman and tutor. Annette Kowalski, who had attended one of his sessions in Clearwater, Florida, [13] convinced Ross he could succeed on his own. Ross, his wife, Kowalski and Walt, her husband, pooled their savings to create his company, which struggled at first. In 1995, a visibly ill Ross made his final public television appearance as a guest on the pilot episode of the children's series The Adventures of Elmer and Friends. The series premiered in 1996, one year after Ross's death. The episode included a final message of thanks from Ross to his fans and viewers and a musical tribute. [35] Personal life Ross and Ridge's marriage ended in divorce in 1977, [ citation needed] allegedly due to Ross' infidelity. [36] Ross and his second wife Jane had no children together. In 1992, Jane died of cancer. In 1995, two months before his death, Ross married for a third time, to Lynda Brown. [38] She later convinced the still-unknown Ross to teach a class in Northern Virginia. It wasn’t long before they advertised for the class in a TV commercial and the station manager saw star potential in Ross.

Ross dedicated the first episode of the second season of The Joy of Painting to Bill Alexander, explaining that "years ago, Bill taught me this fantastic [wet-on-wet] technique, and I feel as though he gave me a precious gift, and I'd like to share that gift with you." [22] As Ross's popularity grew, his relationship with Alexander became increasingly strained. "He betrayed me," Alexander told The New York Times in 1991. "I invented 'wet on wet', I trained him, and ... he thinks he can do it better." [23] Gury, A. (2009) Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting. Watson-Guptill, p. 16. ISBN 0823098346. Newfound interest in Ross occurred in 2015 as part of the launch of Twitch Creative. Twitch hosted a nine-day marathon of The Joy of Painting beginning on October 29 to commemorate what would have been Ross's 73rd birthday. [53] [54] [55] Twitch reported that 5.6 million viewers watched the marathon and, due to its popularity, created a weekly rebroadcast of one season of The Joy of Painting each Monday. A portion of the advertising revenue was promised to charities, including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [56]

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Congdon, Kristin G.; Blandy, Doug; Coeyman, Danny (April 21, 2014). Happy Clouds, Happy Trees: The Bob Ross Phenomenon. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626740990– via Google Books. In 1982, a station in Falls Church, Virginia aired a taping of his art class as a pilot, and 60 PBS stations signed up for the show in the first year. [11] In 1983, PBS station WIPB lured him to Muncie, Indiana with the promise of creative freedom, and he found a kinship with the staff. He moved home to Florida in 1989 but continued to travel to Muncie every three months to tape the show. Ross said he did the show for free and made his income from how-to books, videotapes and art supplies. [14] [11] The renewed interest in Ross also led to questions of where his paintings were located, given that more than a thousand works were created for The Joy of Painting. In an investigative report by The New York Times, the Kowalskis affirmed that they still held all of them, though without the proper care generally needed to store art. [16] In 2019, four of Ross's paintings were acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, [59] which displayed one of the paintings in 2021. [60]

Rife, Katie (April 16, 2014). "Study the happy little numbers with a statistical analysis of Bob Ross's Joy Of Painting". The A.V. Club. a b c d e f g "The Surprisingly Mysterious Life of Famed Artist Bob Ross". Today I Found Out. September 17, 2015. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016 . Retrieved December 30, 2017. Bob Ross: 13 Happy Little Facts About the Iconic PBS Painter". Biography. October 28, 2015. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015 . Retrieved November 1, 2015. Stanley, Alessandra (December 22, 1991). "Bob Ross, the Frugal Gourmet of Painting". The New York Times . Retrieved April 6, 2011.Bob Ross tools are an excellent tool for artists who are painting in the same style as Joy of Painting host Bob Ross. This range of Bob Ross artists’ materials has been exclusively designed to create beautiful oil paintings using the successful wet-on-wet techniques made popular by the late leading TV artist Bob Ross. Dawn, Randee (September 29, 2017). "Target is selling a Bob Ross board game and it looks delightful". Today . Retrieved October 6, 2017. paintings (And one unfinished)- Possibly a reference to the Group of Seven (and Thom Thomson) - again painters of the 20th century, renowned for their wilderness landscapes, this time focused on the Canadian north. The unfinished painting may represent Thom Thomson - the "8th" artist who heavily influenced the group, and many surmise would have been part of the group if he did not pass away before its formation. He is often still credited when speaking about their history. A lot of their paintings will remind you of the Azure Span (Thomson's especially) - this is why Azure Span is my favorite zone in DF. It is a literal work of art. Ross used a wet-on-wet oil painting technique of painting over a thin base layer of wet paint. The painting could progress without first drying. The technique used a limited selection of tools and colors that didn't require a large investment in expensive equipment. Ross frequently recommended odorless paint thinner ( odorless mineral spirits) for brush cleaning.