racine, wi

Bob Ross Nudes

oil/acrylic

Scott: Why did you decide to become an artist?

Scott: I didn’t have a choice.

Scott: You mean, it was fate, or destiny, or you were born an artist?

Scott: No. I was fired from every real job I ever had, so I needed something to keep me busy.

Scott: What do you think about while you paint?

Scott: My obligations.

Scott: Your obligation to society? Or to history? Or our collective culture?

Scott: No, my obligation to Citibank. I owe them like $3800.

Scott: Do Artists live in ivory towers?

Scott: I don’t know. I once slept in a box that used to hold Ivory soap.

Scott: Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?

Scott: Life imitates money. Money intimidates art.

Scott: How do you feel about the role of the artist as a guardian of culture?

Scott: The “guardians of culture” are VPs of banks, who have tickets to the ballet and stuff like that. All of the artists I know are broke. They don’t have anything worth guarding.

Scott: Why do you paint naked people?

Scott: In art school, I cut class the day we were supposed to learn how to paint cloth.

Scott: Thank you for the interview. You were cool.

Scott: I know.