Yoko Ono

Most of us think of Yoko Ono in terms of her connection to John Lennon, but he is an artist in her own right (I believe they met at one of her exhibitions, but I'm basing that on a TV biopic of their life so might be wrong). She had a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this summer, and was celebrated in LEGO form by Veronica Watson (previously blogged here) along with her piece Apple, a real apple which ripens and then decays over the course of the exhibit.

More Bob Ross

The other day I noted a LEGO Bob Ross. He seems to be a very popular artist to turn into a fig (probably because of the afro hairpiece). Here are some variations by Rob Bender, Moritz, Mike M, Constant Concepts, Richard Pennock, Klyph R'ha Ben Sun, Infectious Zombie, Deb Moran, AFOL Man, and Joseph Meluso.

Bob Ross

I'm sure a lot of people dismiss Bob Ross (here as a LEGO fig by TheMooseFigs), but his PBS show The Joy of Painting introduced people across the country to, well, the joy of painting from 1983 to 1994. He had a lightning-fast style of putting paint on the canvas and it amazingly always came out as some sort of landscape. His most famous catchphrase is "happy little trees". He came across as a really nice guy, and I always thought he would be wonderful to spend time with. He died of complications from lymphona in 1995, but you can still watch old episodes of the show on the official YouTube channel