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AMERICAN

ARTIST ®

a r t i s t d a i l y. c o m
J u LY / A U G UST 2 0 1 0

Contents
easy reference 30 Inhabiting Nature: Painting
the Figure in the Landscape
Graphite: 30
by Michael Gormley
Oil: 18, 30, 38, 52, 60
Pastel: 18, 46 Classical artist Nicholas Hiltner,
Watermedia: 46 an instructor at the Grand Central
Academy of Art, recovers the
4 Editor’s Note Old Master process for creating
6 Letters traditional figure-in-the-landscape
52 paintings.
6 What’s New at ArtistDaily.com

10 Art Mart 38 Exploring Familiar Scenes


for Deeper Content
12 Quick Sketches by John A. Parks
California’s Annual Festival of The compelling vision of Hudson
Arts and Pageant of the Masters... Valley artist Todd Samara draws
Torrit Grey Competition Winners on roots firmly planted in a well-
Announced...Legacy of the Russian known locale.
Masters at the 23rd Annual Beaver
Creek Art Festival. 46 Combine Watermedia &
Pastel for Inspired Results
18 Winners of the 2010 Cover by James Metcalfe
60 Competition New York City based artist Janet
Hundreds of artists submitted Cook layers pastel over bright
46 entries to the 2010 American watermedia underpaintings to
Artist Cover Competition, and we create scenes that hum with life.
are pleased to announce that the
winning image is Alberta Geyer’s 52 Morgan Weistling: America’s
Tang Dynasty Steed. That painting, Artist
as well as artwork from the nine by Allison Malafronte
other finalists, is presented here. In his paintings of early American
pioneer life, California artist
Morgan Weistling reflects his
68 deep level of commitment to the
creative process while detailing
the simple beauty of our country’s
humble beginnings.

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Tang Dynasty
Steed (detail)
by Alberta Geyer,
2008, oil, 24 x 20.
Courtesy The Hearle
Gallery, Chatham,
Massachusetts.

60 How to Express Content With Fewer


Brushstrokes
by M. Stephen Doherty
While studying the great artists of Cape Ann,
Massachusetts, David A. Lussier learned to develop
plein air landscape paintings that identify the
atmosphere, light, and mood of a scene without
depending on tedious details.
68 Exhibitions
Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972–2008...
Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces From the Musée
d’Orsay...An Italian Journey: Drawings From the Tobey
Collection, Correggio To Tiepolo

74 Business of Art

76 Technical Q+A

78 Bulletin Board

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80 Coming in...

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