In his new HBO program “Painting with John,” John Lurie wants you to know that he knows the comparisons to Bob Ross are inevitable, but he’s there to quickly subvert them. “None of the trees in my ...

Monument artist John DeFrancesco submitted this digital image of his painting “Tree of Life.” DeFrancesco wrote, “I believe the message of hope in the text might be appropriate for your readers during ...

His new series for HBO, “Painting With John,” is a meditative and often joyful blend of painting and personal storytelling. But Bob Ross it isn’t. The artist, musician and actor John Lurie. His new ...

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 ...

This year has forced all of us to stay home and contemplate life. A few people did by being creative, like John Lurie has. Now the actor/musician/director is ready to give us all our own lessons. Only ...

"John La Farge: essays [exhibition]," New York: Abbeville Press, 1987, pl. 14. "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts ...

"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 ...

Every once in a while HBO will slip something strange into the lineup of shows on which it stakes its fortune — your “Game of Thrones,” your “Undoing.” Something arty for art’s sake, something odd for ...

John Lurie might be the only person who feels made for these times, and he wants to help us. This past December, he announced on Twitter that he was starring in a new show he’d written and directed ...

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 ...

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