Painting Our Own Canvas Of Different Aspects Of Life

Robert ‘Bob’ Ross is still alive in the printings still sold of his paintings and he has been gone seventeen years. He had a television show and he introduced thousands of amateur artists to the world of art. He would start a painting and quickly produce a gorgeous canvas in a short time. He said that “on the canvas, you have total power and you can move mountains.” He taught everyone the ease of painting as he called it.

You could purchase a kit with the directions on how to paint a canvas and he had millions of people doing so.

He had his trademark look of a bushy haired man and when he wanted to change it, he was told not to, because everyone was used to his look and calming tone while he was painting and you were watching him do it with such ease. Of course, he had the talents to produce gorgeous landscapes. It took him only thirty minutes to finish the painting.

One of his paintings was called “Forest of Happiness.” I loved the serenity and colors on this particular one. At the end of the show, you could purchase a kit with many tubes of paint, directions, a knife and possibly a few small canvases.

I knew of someone who did buy a kit and produced a nice painting from it. It was done not as quickly as Bob produced it, but it was nice and adequate, especially for a first time artist. He gave it to me.

He studied the ‘wet on wet’ technique which allowed him to produce completed art works in a short period of time. He had a light humor personality as he talked while painting. He had a gentle demeanor. He did mostly landscapes, clouds, trees, forests etc. He sent a video of how to do it and when he died, many of his paintings were donated to the PBS stations his program was on for over ten years. They in turn auctioned them off to bidders and the money helped to keep the stations functioning.

On Monday of this week, I went on Google to get some information and I realized that they were using his picture for what is called their Google Doodle which features a holiday sign with the word Google in it. If it is Thanksgiving, they may feature a turkey, food etc. On Halloween, they may feature pumpkins and goblins.

When this popped up on Monday, I thought I had hit the wrong icon. Then I realized it was in honor of Bob and I researched it and it was to honor his 70^th birthday. He has been gone now since 1995. He made a great impression on the viewers who watched him paint with ease, fun and delight. He instilled in people who probably never thought of being artists, that he could paint and so could you. I see online there are prints of his paintings to be sold.

He often said that “to paint was to make love to the canvas.” That he did in his simple and inspiring shows.

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