American Artist Artist magazine of largest circulation. Artist profiles/interviews include multiple photos and reproductions over multiple pages, PLUS: Illustrations, technical features, columns, vintage ads and MORE --Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! Issue Date: JULY 1984; VOLUME 48, ISSUE 504 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. FRONT COVER: KATHARINE HEPBURN (detail), by EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER, 1984, oil, 46 x 46. Collection the artist. Photo by Studio/Nine, Inc., New York City. FEATURES: EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER by M. Stephen Doherty. In this interview with one of the country's most respected portraitists, Kinstler discusses his own work and the state of contemporary portraiture. MARK MEUNIER by Edward Feit. This emerging, bright young talent from New England paints egg-tempera paintings of detailed still lifes. The article describes his use of the egg-tempera medium and his imaginative subject matter. ANN ANGEL BISSELL: PAINTING NATURE'S DETAILS IN OIL by Eunice Agar. This Pennsylvania artist, who is currently living in Maryland, works from photos and sketches when creating her close-up, detailed views of trees and plants in oil. An in- depth description of her working procedure is given. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: ANN SULLIVAN. This Massachusetts artist says her favorite subject is people. Here she discusses the joy of painting in watercolor. MAKING PICTURES THAT EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS by Ted Smuskiewicz. "Good compositional principles alone do not make a strong painting. A strong painting begins with a strong idea," says this Illinois artist and teacher, who goes on to describe in this article how he estab- lishes the subject matter and mood of a painting and how he uses compositional devices to convey those ideas and emotions. KEITH ACHEPOHL by Mark E. Stegmaier. For this distinguished Iowa artist, the most appropriate response to Egyptian architecture was a series of abstract compositions of textures, colors, and forms. Some of his colorful etchings, lithographs, and watercolors are shown. TECHNIQUES OF OIL PASTEL: JOAN KERRY by Charles Movalli. Oil pastel is a relatively new medium, but many artists are discovering the creative potential of richly colored sticks of wax, oil, and pigment. Here, Massachusetts artist Joan Kerry explains how she uses oil pastels to render cityscapes and landscapes. DEPARTMENTS: PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ART by Betty Kronsky. ART BOOKS. COMING IN AUGUST. BULLETIN BOARD. INDEX TO ADVERTISING. TIPS FROM THE PROS: Sargent's Masterful Brushwork by Bernard Dunstan. FOOTNOTES. LETTERS. QUICK TIPS. ART MART. PROFESSIONAL PAGE by Jana Jevnikar. TECHNICAL PAGE by Prof. Clifford T. Chieffo. EXHIBIT LISTINGS. This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. Magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD +++ condition. (See photo)