LOS ANGELES – 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 ...

“That's what I like about painting: It gives you freedom,” mused the famed artist Bob Ross in a 1994 episode of his instructional television show The Joy of Painting. “You can create any illusion that ...

The late Bob Ross encouraged millions of Americans to make and appreciate art through his show The Joy of Painting, which has aired on PBS stations since 1983. (Bob Ross Inc./AP) Dozens of Bob Ross ...

The first of 30 Bob Ross paintings — many of them created live on the PBS series that made him a household name — have been auctioned off to support public television. Ross, with his distinctive afro, ...

Bob Ross taught his audiences to create landscapes with gentleness and whimsy on "The Joy of Painting," a public television program, from 1983 to 1994. (Acey Harper / Getty Images) A trio of Bob Ross ...