A young Roanoke-area artist is gaining national attention after entering the Bob Ross “Most Artistic Kid” contest, where ...

A rustling of plastic smocks unwrapped and the hum of chatter quieted as a figure made their way to the front of the room.

Two years ago, Barbie Sawyer accomplished a dream: She became a Certified Ross Instructor. After three consecutive weeks studying in the Florida-based program, she was ready to spread the techniques ...

For millions of Americans who came of age in the 1980s and early 1990s, few television experiences were as quietly transformative as settling into the couch and watching Bob Ross work his magic on PBS ...

Bob Ross became a cultural icon through his soft-spoken PBS series “The Joy of Painting,” but the business arrangements behind his brand were far more complex. After partnering with art supply ...

LATE TV HOST AND PAINTER BOB ROSS WILL SOON BE UP FOR AUCTION. THE CENTRAL FLORIDA NATIVE CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE THROUGH A PBS SERIES THAT MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME, AND WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA ...

Nicholas Hankins appears in the studio during a taping of "The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross' Unfinished Season." (Derek Sanford/WDSC-TV via AP) A new generation can learn how to ...

A trio of Bob Ross paintings sold for more than $600,000 in a Los Angeles charity auction Monday to help support public television programming that is struggling after government funding was slashed.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Before Bob Ross died in July 1995, production was underway for the 32nd season of his beloved “The Joy of Painting” series on PBS. In fact, Ross had completed eight new works to be ...

For more than a decade, Bob Ross delighted PBS viewers with his half-buttoned shirt and magnificent perm, summoning waterfalls and mountaintops from a palette smeared with cadmium yellow and phthalo ...