Was bob ross gay

In addition to the Bay Area Reporter, Ross published the long-running Gay Comix, beginning in and continuing until He was criticized by some for his more moderate policies, sometimes leaning toward the conservative, with gay rights being seen by many as a primarily liberal issue. I remember the painter Bob Ross dying of AIDS.

I specifically remember it and the possibility of him being a closet member of the lgbt community. It doesn’t exist in my universe today. I was an aviation major in College at the University of North Dakota but I minored in Art History. Bob Ross WAS AN AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT. Ross’s quiet voice and gentle demeanor were two of his most iconic traits, which makes the fact that he spent 20 years in the United States Air. Bob Ross was married three times throughout the course of his life.

He first tied the knot with Vivian Ridge in The pair had one son, Robert Stephen Ross, who also followed in his father’s footsteps and became a painter.

how old was bob ross when he died

Ross and Vivian ended their marriage in allegedly due to an infidelity on Ross' part. Born in Daytona Florida in , Ross was the child of a carpenter (Jack) and a waitress (Ollie) who separated, married other people, separated from those new partners and then got married to each other again all before their son had hit his teens.

You know, the curly-haired PBS painter who made painting look easy. I used to watch Bob Ross; he inspired me to want to be a painter. I tried to use my cheap crayola water colors to create happy little clouds, snowy mountain peeks, and sweet looking pine trees. They never turned out, but that never stopped me from trying. Bob Ross has developed a cult following of sorts among young people thanks to Netflix and Deadpool.

My colleagues had some doubts, but when students kept popping in to take a picture of life-sized cardboard cut out Bob Ross they came around. I read somewhere that Bob Ross was in the military, a sergeant or something, and that he used to yell at people.

Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere—you only have to look to see it. Artists are allowed to be a bit different. What if the church were more like Bob Ross? What if Sunday mornings were a blank canvas on which we were invited to imagine what it means to be part of a new creation with happy little trees and clouds that are free, making sure there are places for the squirrels and birds to rest?

What if we viewed our lives, not as mistakes, but happy little accidents God uses to make something new? What if we took seriously the idea that all of us need a friend? Which is sad. Please follow our commenting standards. Please make checks out to Reformed Journal and mailed to:. Facebook Apple Spotify Envelope. Done Daily. The Spirituality of Bob Ross. Jason Lief August 31, Share This Post:. Jason Lief.

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