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, 2002; Volume 66, Issue 723 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. COVER: Craft a detailed painting. Cover: Hierarchy, by Jacob A. Pfeiffer, 2002, oil on panel, 30 x 24. Private collection. Photo courtesy John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California. FEATURES: SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ART METHODS MATERIALS SHOW. Popular instructors are ready to offer new educational programs as well as their most successful courses during the three-day event in Pasadena, California, that will also include more than 80 art-material displays and a juried exhibition. CRAFTING A PAINTING by Karen Stanger Johnston. Rendered with care and a subtle humor, San Francisco artist Jacob A. Pfeiffer's still-life subjects appear as though they could simply be plucked from his paintings. THE SUBLIME LANDSCAPE by F Lynne Moss. A revelatory exhibition traces the stylistic and technical innovations of mid-19th- century landscape artists. THE PASTEL PAGE: STUDIES THAT SIMPLIFY by Linda M. Gosman. Kaye Franklin condenses complex scenes with large masses of color, soft edges, and subtle value changes. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: CAPTURING LIGHT EN PLEIN AIR by Margaret Graham Kranking. This self-proclaimed plein air purist notes that taking photographs can help artists capture the qualities of rapidly changing light. PORTRAITS WITHOUT FORMULAS by M. Stephen Doherty. New York artist David Beynon Pena strives for a fresh approach to each portrait commission, always aiming to capture the personality of the sitter while maintaining a distinctive style of oil painting. REDISCOVERING NORMAN ROCKWELL by Henry Adams. A new biography on Norman Rockwell reveals the close but perplexing connection between his art and his life. NUTS AND BOLTS: John Molnar uses versatile casein paints to capture endangered landscapes -- plus the latest art news and opportunities. DEPARTMENTS: RECENT AWARD WINNERS. LETTERS. EXHIBITIONS. TECHNICAL PAGE by Jane Sutherland. BULLETIN BOARD. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. COMING IN NOVEMBER. 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)