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: DECEMBER 1986; VOLUME 50, ISSUE 533 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. COVER: Dupont Circle, by Terry Rogers, 1983, Oil. FEATURES: SCOTT PRIOR by Ronald I. Nelson. These paintings of Massachusetts artist Scott Prior are remarkable in that they are faithful to the real world yet enhance our appreciation of common scenes. OLGA SHEIRR: WELCOMING THE INFLUENCE OF ABSTRACT PAINTERS by Stephen DiLauro. This New York artist studied with Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, and Clyfford Still, who were important Abstract-Expressionist painters. Sheirr still has great respect for those artists and their paintings, even though her own pictures are representational in style. She describes the way that those important artists have influenced her ideas and the manner in which she paints. TERRY MAXWELL by Don Lambert. Despite being disabled for most of his life, this artist is one of the most active and respected watercolorists in Kansas. DARYL HOWARD'S LANDSCAPE WOODCUTS by Mary Carroll Nelson. This Texas artist offers a detailed description and step-by-step demonstration of how she makes her landscape woodcuts. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: KEN HANSEN. Ken Hansen from Polson, Montana, describes his approach to watercolors in this article. TERRY RODGERS by Jill Wechsler. After years of working on mural commissions, this Maryland artist has determined how to make a successful business out of humanizing offices and public spaces. BARBARA THOMASON: PARAPHRASING IDEAS IN PAINTINGS by Jeanne Mackin. Although she is interested in urban scenes, this New York artist does not render city scenes literally in her paintings. Instead, she adds or subtracts important details, creates nuances of mood and place, and uses brighter-than-life colors to achieve a paraphrase of city life and city people. PLUS: Departments, and regular Columns. 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)