With recent federal funding cuts to public media, the estate of late painter Bob Ross is fighting to save the platforms that championed his work. Bob Ross Inc. is auctioning 30 paintings by the ...

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding.

Thirty canvases, many created for viewers of Ross’s PBS series, “The Joy of Painting,” will be sold to benefit public television stations grappling with funding cuts. By Sopan Deb Whimsical clouds.