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: OCTOBER 1986; VOLUME 50, ISSUE 531 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. FRONT COVER: "October Cornfields" -- From the Hill Above My House, Mill brook, by JOELLYN DUESBERRY, 1984, oil, 36 x 28. Courtesy Tatistcheff Company. FEATURES: JOELLYN DUESBERRY by Thomas Bolt. Duesberry, a purist among contemporary landscape painters, paints everything from the smallest study to 3'-x-8' panoramic scenes from direct observation. Here, the author describes the development of her on-site paintings. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: WILLIAM C. WRIGHT. This artist from Stevenson, Maryland, explains his approach to the watercolor medium. DEAN LARSON by Gordon Sparber. Classically trained Baltimore artist Dean Larson has just completed a book in which he recreates paintings by the great Masters using oldstyle techniques. Here, he shares some of his knowledge about those techniques. CAROL WALD: USING COLLAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OIL PAINTINGS by Stephen DiLauro. Successful illustrator Carol Wald explains how she creates collage pictures, recomposes the pictorial elements, and then uses them as studies for her larger oil paintings. DOUGLAS FENN WILSON: ADDING AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO PAINTING by M. Stephen Doherty. This California artist creates large landscape paintings in watercolor and acrylic, sometimes building out from the surface of those paintings with a bas relief effect. CAPTURING PERSONALITIES IN CASEIN by Jeff Chapman-Crane. This young artist from a Kentucky coal-mining town explains how he uses casein paints to capture the faces, gestures, and spirit of the people in his community. DICK McGOWN'S WINNING WATERCOLORS by M. Stephen Doherty. Last April this Texas artist's paintings received high marks from all three judges of-the Tools of the Trade watercolor competition. This article explores McGown's award-winning approach to watercolor. AN UPDATE ON ARTISTS FEATURED IN THE 1985 COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION, by Valerie R. Rivers. THE STORY BEHIND ARTQUEST AND ARTISTS' LIAISON, by Betsy Schein Goldman. JUDGES OF GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ART COMPETITION ARE WIDELY RESPECTED. DEPARTMENTS: LETTERS; FOOTNOTES. GUEST EDITORIAL by Mary Carroll Nelson. PROFESSIONAL PAGE by Jana Jevnikar. TECHNICAL PAGE by Prof. Clifford T. Chieffo. ART MART; QUICK TIPS; EXHIBITS; BULLETIN BOARD; ART BOOKS; ARTISTS IN FOCUS; COMING IN NOVEMBER; PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS; INDEX TO ADVERTISING. 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)