Few have seen these happy little landscapes in person, and they're in Penticton all summer. | CBCArts For more information on the exhibition:
The Joy of PaintingWrites Sarah Strohl, an executive assistant at BRI: "With the recent resurgence of interest and love for Bob Ross in the past few years, we have displayed paintings in exhibits as well as donated four paintings to the Smithsonian." "However," says Strohl, "our focus has always been the same as Bob's on the show: to interest others in creating paintings of their own."is designed so folks can dabble along from home.
But a Bob Ross fan doesn't necessarily get the same huggy vibes when they think about contemporary art. In curating, Crawford says he was thinking about Ross's gift for reaching the masses. "So many people feel they don't have the knowledge that they can engage in art, and that, to me, is appalling. We need to change that."has likely attracted some first-time patrons to the PAG already.
Installation view of Happy Little Accidents at the Penticton Art Gallery. Visitors can watch old episodes of The Joy of Painting from this retro living room.'s 11-year run, right up to Ross's final piece for the program. In person, he says the landscapes are more impressive than he'd imagined. "There's a luminosity to them, you know, for as beguilingly simple as they are.
And in researching the exhibition, Crawford says he came across a surprising B.C. connection — one that's only touched on at the museum. Before Ross made his TV debut, he studied with William Alexander, another guy known for painting landscapes on PBS. A former German POW, Alexander moved to North America after the Second World War, and lived all over Canada during his lifetime, including Powell River, B.C.
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