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: AUGUST 1985; VOLUME 49, ISSUE 517 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. FRONT COVER: Directors Chair, by Pamela Lenck Bradford, 1984, colored pencil, 46 x 32. Collection Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Salam. Photo by Daniel I. Magidson. FEATURES: EMERGING ARTISTS by Robin Longman. In this year's survey of new talent, Senior Editor Robin Longman profiles these four outstanding artists: Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak of Seabrook, Texas; Byron H. Bratt of Snohomish, Washington; Kay Ruane of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Dean Mitchell of Kansas City, Missouri. MARION RANYAK by Georgina Challis. After 14 years spent raising a family, this New York artist began painting again and developed her own style of flat-patterned acrylic landscape painting. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: JORGE BOWEN-FORBES. This New Jersey artist was born in Guyana, South America. Here he describes how his images "can be found only in my imagination. They. . . probably have more to do with my last impressions of my homeland.". DRAWING STILL LIFES WITH COLORED PENCILS by Marilyn Rabetz. This Connecticut artist and teacher demonstrates the rich colors and versatility of colored pencils as she illustrates, step by step, the creation of one of her still lifes. JADE FON (1911-1983): MASTER ARTIST, MASTER TEACHER by Mary Carroll Nelson. Just before his untimely death, this noted California watercolorist and workshop instructor shared his ideas about the watercolor medium with one of his former students, Contributing Editor Mary Carroll Nelson. ROBERT ANGELOCH by Fridolf Johnson. The oil landscapes of this artist from Woodstock, New York, might be described as "Abstract Realism," suggests Fridolf Johnson, who goes on to discuss the imagery in his works. DECEPTIVE MINIATURES: ALAN WOLFSON by Eunice Agar. Here Contributing Editor Eunice Agar explains how Wolfson, an ex- Hollywood model-maker, creates his extraordinary three-dimensional miniature sculptures of urban scenes. DECEPTIVE MINIATURES: RAY CUSIE by M. Stephen Doherty. This second article on deceptive miniatures concerns the wall reliefs of urban facades created by Ray Cusie, who works in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and devotes his evenings and weekends to his art. DEPARTMENTS: FOOTNOTES. LETTERS. ART MART. CASUAL COMMENTARY. PROFESSIONAL PAGE by Jana Jevnikar. TECHNICAL PAGE by Prof. Clifford T. Chieffo. PSYCHOLOGY OF ART by Betty Kronsky. ART BOOKS. COMING IN SEPTEMBER. BULLETIN BOARD. INDEX TO ADVERTISING. EXHIBITS. 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)