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Issue Date: DECEMBER 1985; VOLUME 49, ISSUE 521
IN THIS ISSUE:-
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FRONT COVER: Home for the Holidays, by John Berkey, 1980, casein, 251/2 x 18. Client: Johnny Walker Red. Photo courtesy Frank & Jeff Lavaty & Associates, New York.
FEATURES:
BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITIONS by Murgoret Mathews. Increasingly, the 'blockbuster" exhibition is becoming a regular occurrence, with clever publicity campaigns and media hype attracting thousands of art-lovers. Here, author Margaret Mathews examines the pros and cons of these monumental shows.
THE IMAGERY OF JOHN BERKEY by Sam Kirby. This Minnesota artist has painted everything from rural scanes around his home to futuristic visions of spaceships.
SCOTT FRASER: A YOUNG REALIST by Peter Eichner-Dixon. The rural landscape and people of the St. Vram Valley in Colorado are the subjects of this young artist's acrylic paintings.
DIANE E. TESLER by Jill Wechsler. Here's a closer look at the oil still lifes of this Virginia artist, who was recognized in the 1985 American Artist National Art Competition.
BRUCE HAUGHEY'S UNUSUAL TECHNIQUES IN WATERCOLOR by Sean Bronzell. This Montana artist demonstrates some innovative approaches to watercolor painting.
THE EXPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPES OF PAUL SHAPIRO by Morv Carroll Nelson. This transplanted New Englander paints bright, expressionistic oil paintings of the landscape around his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: JUNE FRAZIER JOHNSTON. This Watkinsville, Georgia, artist discusses her lyrical watercolor-and-collage landscapes.
DEPARTMENTS:
FOOTNOTES.
LETTERS.
ART MART.
PROFESSIONAL PAGE, by Jana Jevnikar.
PSYCHOLOGY OF ART, by Betty Kronsky.
CASUAL COMMENTARY.
QUICK TIPS.
TECHNICAL PAGE, by Prof. Clifford T. Chieffo.
HOLIDAY BOOKS.
EXHIBITS.
BULLETIN BOARD.
COMING IN JANUARY.
INDEX TO 1985 ARTICLES.
INDEX TO ADVERTISING.
PEOPLE, PLACES, & EVENTS.
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