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In the trailer for his new HBO show, the musician, actor, and painter John Lurie pits himself against a much-beloved American television host. “Bob Ross was wrong. Everybody can’t paint,” Lurie ...

John Lurie: ‘If someone is expecting a step-by-step tutorial on painting, this is not that’ (HBO) Early in 2006, the American artist John Lurie finished work on a watercolour he titled Bear Surprise.

John Lurie's particular style of introspection, all while painting watercolors, can go from serene to outrageous and back at any given moment. I don’t envy the person who has to write the episode ...

John Lurie’s eccentric HBO series is no Bob Ross how-to. Its lessons are stranger and deeper. By James Poniewozik The title of HBO’s “Painting With John” is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, there is painting ...

"Bob Ross was wrong," grumbles musician/actor John Lurie, in a voice grown so gravelly it's like listening to a rock tumbler. It's late at night, he's bent over the watercolor he's painting in his ...