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[-] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 hours ago

I dont think I have ever seen his paintings in a gallery. Why? Because Bob Ross' art form wasnt painting, it was performance. The paintings were formulaic because the goal wasnt to create paintings but create painters.

[-] nightlily@leminal.space 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Almost all of them are in possession of his estate who doesn’t seem to even lend them out. Though a few are part of the Smithsonian’s collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDs3o1uLEdU

[-] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago

The paintings were formulaic because the goal wasnt to create paintings but create painters.

Alternately I'd say the goal was also to paint more than to produce a painting.

Obviously you're going to be proud of finishing the actual painting, but like people are saying, the finished painting is more a reminder of the experience than an object to appreciate on its own.

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