{"id":578289,"date":"2026-04-11T17:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/578289\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:29:09","slug":"famous-bob-ross-paintings-hidden-right-here-in-northern-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/578289\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Bob Ross paintings hidden right here in Northern Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just about everyone knows who Bob Ross is. The longtime host of \u201cThe Joy of Painting\u201d on public television was famous for his peaceful landscapes populated with what he called \u201chappy little trees\u201d as well as his noteworthy hairstyle and \u2013 most of all \u2013 his friendly, calm, almost trance-inducing demeanor.<\/p>\n

But what everyone may not know is that the largest collection of Ross\u2019 work sits in a warehouse just a few miles from Ashburn. That same spot off Route 50 \u2013 in a nondescript office park \u2013 is also the worldwide headquarters of Bob Ross Inc.<\/p>\n

The collection is overseen by Joan Kowalski, the daughter of Ross\u2019 business partners in Bob Ross Inc. and a longtime employee of the company.<\/p>\n

Kowalski grew up in the area and lives in Sterling today \u2013 and indeed, Bob Ross had a home in the Herndon area for many years.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Astri Wee Photography<\/p>\n

The first major exhibit ever of Ross\u2019 paintings was in 2019 just up the road in Purcellville \u2013 and turned out to be an unexpected smash hit.<\/p>\n

More than 30 years after Ross\u2019 death from cancer in 1995, Ashburn Magazine spoke with Joan Kowalski in a wide-ranging conversation about her friend\u2019s legacy, the growing business she runs, and recent headlines about some Bob Ross original paintings hitting the auction block.<\/p>\n

To read the fascinating interview with Kowalski and learn more about the collection of Bob Ross paintings right here in the area \u2013\u00a0click here and head over to the Ashburn Magazine website for the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just about everyone knows who Bob Ross is. The longtime host of \u201cThe Joy of Painting\u201d on public…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-578289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}