Art Chowder November | December 2016, Issue 6 | Page 28

In 1978 John was an art instructor with the Community Colleges of Spokane and became friends
with one of his students, Bob Ross, who was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base.
 They would paint
together
 in John’s studio in Peaceful Valley. Bob was fascinated by John’s portrait painting technique
that he called the “Wipe-Out” method. Bob and John remained good friends and Bob produced several videos that highlighted John and his method of painting portraits. Those instructional videos can
still be purchased from the Bob Ross Corporation.
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