Not every artist begins with pencils or paint; Noble De Marco ’26 started with fish. “About 200 of them,” he told me, casually, like this was some typical origin story. Long before painting still life ...

A painting Bob Ross created in Muncie, Indiana, set an auction record last week with the help of TV show host John Oliver. “Cabin at Sunset” was sold for $1,044,000 through an auction by HBO’s “Last ...

Bob Ross, prolific daytime television painting instructor who charmed the world with his serene monologues, continues to make the world a better place 20 years after his death. His estate recently ...

A fundraiser for public media just turned into a milestone for Bob Ross’s market. Late-night comedian John Oliver’s benefit auction of art and artifacts saw a 1987 Ross canvas fetch $1.04 million, ...

Happy little trees and other curious items are bringing in big bucks for public broadcasting stations. John Oliver announced an auction to benefit local stations on the Nov. 16 season finale of his ...