Essay On Bob Ross

As plainly as I can put it, I am a artist. The myriad of ideas and possibilities gained through art has been ingrained in me since I was a child. One of my first memories is at my grandparents house, It was a saturday morning and they had sat me in front of the television to watch cartoons on PBS. I sat there and watched the usual children shows until they were over and PBS switched to the adult shows. However, that day my attention was beakon back to the screen by a smooth calm voice, and my eyes focus on the afroed painter Bob Ross. It was from that moment I became completely infatuated with art, I would sit and watch him paint for hours and just imagine my 5 year old self being able to create these fantastical, beautiful scene with the stroke of a paint brush. I had always shown advanced art skills from the beginning, surpassing other children my age. For me, it was something I had always done, I was born with a pencil in my hand. But, it was in those hours of watching Bob Ross that
I want my art to make the viewer feel something, anything. I want them to back entranced by what they are viewing and make a connection to it, just like I did to Bob Ross paintings as a child. I am inspired by artist like Vincent Van Gogh and Paul McCarthy. My personal style does not reflect their in anyway but they both create artworks that make people feel and evaluate their experiences as humans. Van Gogh’s works have a way of making people feel happiness and joy despite the dark nature his works can be, he brings a lightness to darkness of the world. Then in contrast you have Paul McCarthy known for his intense, disgusting, hyper-sexualized, and political piece of art. He is a master of showing viewers the ugliness and hypocrisy in the world. Despite the negativeness of McCarthy’s works he makes the viewers feel something about their experience as humans in which the haven’t felt