Happy Clouds, Happy Trees: The Bob Ross Phenomenon

by Kristin G. Congdon, Doug Blandy, Danny Coeyman

Readers will know Bob Ross (1942-1995) as the gentle, afro'd painter of happy trees on PBS. And while the Florida-born artist is reviled or ignored by the elite art world and scholarly art educators, he continues to be embraced around the globe as a healer and painter, even decades after his death. In Happy Clouds, Happy Trees, the authors thoughtfully explore how the Bob Ross phenomenon grew into a juggernaut.

Although his sincerity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617039950
• ISBN13: 9781617039959
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"