维吉尼亚州的鲍勃·罗斯艺术展上人山人海

维吉尼亚州的鲍勃·罗斯艺术展上人山人海

A police officer. An astronaut. Kids consider all kinds of cool careers. However, this might be a job that adults would line up for. Recently, Imgurian roguerpi created a post about their friend: “When I met Joan, I didn’t know what she did for a living,” they wrote. “Apparently, her day job is managing all of Bob Ross’ collected works, and staffing an 800 number for people who want to call and talk about Bob.”

一名警官，一个宇航员，孩子们考虑各种各样很酷的职业。然而，这可能是一个成年人会排队的工作。最近，Imgurian roguerpi发布了一个关于他们朋友的帖子:“当我遇到Joan的时候，我不知道她是做什么的，”他们写道。“显然，她的日常工作是管理鲍勃·罗斯(Bob Ross)的所有作品集，并为那些想打电话谈论鲍勃的人安排800个电话号码。”

Needless to say, the post went viral. However, the first exhibit of original Bob Ross paintings on the East Coast is just as popular. In fact, it’s doing so good, the organizers, Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center in Purcellville, Virginia, even had to release additional tickets.

不用说，这条帖子迅速走红。然而，在东海岸举办的第一次鲍勃·罗斯原作画展也同样受欢迎。事实上，它做得很好，组织者，弗吉尼亚州珀塞尔维尔的富兰克林公园表演和视觉艺术中心，甚至不得不发行额外的门票。

“[Joan] recently donated some of his art to the Smithsonian, but it’s unclear when they’ll put it on display. So she had a show at the local park in their small studio.”

“(琼)最近把他的一些作品捐给了史密森学会，但不清楚他们什么时候会把它展出。所以她在当地的公园里，在他们的小工作室里举办了一场演出。”

“We watched a documentary for an hour before there was room to enter the actual show.”

“我们看了一个小时的纪录片，才进入真正的演出房间。”

This exhibit, presented in partnership with Bob Ross Inc., offers a rare opportunity to view original works created by the famous artist during his long-running series on public television. It is also the first time his collection will be on public display on the East Coast.

这次展览是与鲍勃·罗斯公司(Bob Ross Inc.)合作举办的，提供了一个难得的机会来欣赏这位著名艺术家在他的长时间公共电视节目中创作的原创作品。这也是他的藏品首次在东海岸公开展出。

Ross started painting as a young man after he was transferred to Alaska while serving in the Air Force. Having grown up in Florida, he was mesmerized by the snow, mountains and breathtaking nature scenes, all of which would become favorite features in his paintings.

罗斯在空军服役期间被调到阿拉斯加，年轻时就开始画画。他在佛罗里达长大，被雪景、山脉和令人惊叹的自然景色所吸引，这些都成为他绘画中最喜欢的特征。

Even though Ross later returned to Florida, he frequently visited Bob Ross Inc. headquarters in Northern Virginia for business meetings. He said he enjoyed antiquing and often found himself in Purcellville, searching through the many treasures of western Loudoun. “It’s quite poetic that his first major exhibit would be in Purcellville,” Joan Kowalski, President, Bob Ross Inc., said.

尽管罗斯后来回到了佛罗里达州，但他经常去鲍勃·罗斯公司位于弗吉尼亚州北部的总部参加商务会议。他说他喜欢古董，经常发现自己在珀塞尔维尔，在西部劳登的许多珍宝中寻找。鲍勃·罗斯公司总裁琼·科瓦尔斯基说:“他的第一个大型展览将在珀塞尔维尔举行，这很有诗意。”

图片来源：Denis Tymulis