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OriginalGeek

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10. My Grandpa has tons of paintings

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 04:44 PM

Feb 2014

done by my Grandma in the Bob Ross style. I have a couple of 'em.

Now that she's gone I can admit she was no Bob Ross but I love 'em anyway. She'd watch a BR show and get to work. I ain't planning to argue against anything that made my Grandma happy.

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There are not enough threads in the lounge about Bob Ross and 'The Joy of Painting' [View all] LynneSin Feb 2014 OP

i loved it also. i saw a show in which he was painting and he had a tiny squirrel in his shirt leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #1

He always came across as a genuinely nice person. n/t Tom_Foolery Feb 2014 #2

I saw a program on him that was made after he died discussing his career. denverbill Feb 2014 #3

He was a hard ass DI in the Air Force. rrneck Feb 2014 #4

He was not the same behind the scenes: El Supremo Feb 2014 #5

His happy little trees put me to sleep on many a day when I was home sick from school. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #6

Bob was Mother Nature's sedative. edbermac Feb 2014 #7

Screw those happy clouds Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #8

Happy little trees! shenmue Feb 2014 #9

My Grandpa has tons of paintings OriginalGeek Feb 2014 #10

Sadly youtube scrubbed most of his stuff... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #11

I found them posted on a Chinese version of You Tube LynneSin Feb 2014 #12

Well, that was the cool thing about Ol' Bob and his Happy Little Trees.... Grammy23 Feb 2014 #13

Personlly I think he taught Thomas Kinkade how to paint LynneSin Feb 2014 #14

Yes, actually there are. femmocrat Feb 2014 #15

He gave us a sense of tranquility. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #16

need a couple of happy clouds in your world? LynneSin Feb 2014 #18

Thank you, LynneSin! "Little fluffy things." Enthusiast Feb 2014 #19

Did you see the remix? He got one along with Mr. Rogers and Julia Childe Recursion Feb 2014 #17