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: APRIL, 2000; Volume 64, Issue 693 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. COVER: Still Life With Peaches, by Russell W. Gordon, 1999, oil, 12 x 10. Private collection. Photo courtesy Tree's Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts. METHODS MATERIALS: HANGING A SHOW by Christopher Willard. Artists Dik Liu and Jeanne Rognlie compile a checklist of preparations for solo exhibitions. SUCCEEDING AT ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOWS by Amy Detweiler. Arts and crafts shows are profitable and edifying for well-prepared artists. AN OVERVIEW OF MARINE ART. by J Russell Jinishian. Growing interest in marine art has increased opportunities for nearly all interpretations of the sea and maritime life. A SENSITIVE EYE by Cohn Berry. Balancing nature observed and nature idealized, Richard Whitney creates oil portraits and landscapes of unique sensitivity. LIVING OUT LAUB by Elizabeth Forst. The road to painting was a long and confusing one for John Laub, but as his work reveals, all his wrong turns taught him something. THE PASTEL PAGE: BEESWAX TEXTURES by Janet M. Jensen. This Maryland artist reveals her technique of applying beeswax to mat board for pastel paintings with rich texture. HONORING THE CRAFT OF PAINTING by M. Stephen Doherty. Mixing his own paints and preparing his own canvases, New York artist Russell W. Gordon raises the craft of painting to an art form in itself. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: WATERCOLOR BATIKS by Kathie George. Using wax in a batiklike process, artist Kathie George creates watercolor paintings with varied surface effects. MOVING HANDS by E. Lynne Moss. Colored-pencil artist Bonnie Auten s divinely inspired series challenged her skill and moved viewers in unexpected ways. NUTS AND BOLTS: Frank Mason on Velazquez, plus the latest art news and opportunities. DEPARTMENTS: EDITOR'S NOTE. LETTERS. EXHIBITIONS. TECHNICAL PAGE, by Jane Sutherland. ART MART. BULLETIN BOARD. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. COMING IN MAY. RECOMMENDED BOOKS. 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)