AMERICAN

COVER

Sunflowers I (detail)
by Patricia Tribastone, 2007,
ARTIST ®

pastel on prepared board,

24 x 18. Collection the artist. a r t i s t d a i l y. c o m
18 JANUARY 2010

CONTENTS
EASY REFERENCE 18 Imagination, Atmosphere, &
Design: Winslow Homer at
Acrylic: 8, 28, 36
Houghton Farm
Graphite: 18
BY JOHN A. PARKS
Ink: 36
A recent exhibition showed
Oil: 18, 54, 60, 68, 70, 72
that when he reached a creative
Pastel: 46
crossroads, the great American
Watercolor: 18, 40
artist achieved new heights in
4 Editor’s Note sketching and painting.

6 Letters 28 Compose & Paint: Varied

6 What’s New at artistdaily.com Landscapes With Acrylics
BY M. STEPHEN DOHERTY
7 Art Mart When Jeanette Chupack moved
8 Quick Sketches from Vermont to Florida and
National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ became an avid kayaker, she had
Society Announces Award Winners... to adapt her acrylic-painting
60
New Documentary Focuses on the Life procedures to respond to the
and Career of John Marin...Paint complicated, repetitive patterns she
Annapolis 2009 Winners Announced. observed along the waterways of
the Sunshine State.
14 Weekend With the Masters
Review 36 Draw the Ephemeral Qualities of
Real Phenomena
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40 Painting My Hometown From Photographs

BY STEPHAN HOFFPAUIR
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New
Orleans, I returned to a series of paintings
of the unexpected aspects of the city’s urban
spaces. It was an act of devotion and
remembrance and a way of celebrating what
survived but may soon be lost.
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46 Drama and Sensitivity in Pastel
BY JAMES A. METCALFE
Patricia Tribastone explores the properties
of pastel to create pieces that are both
powerfully dramatic and quietly sensitive.

54 Drawing Upon Local Community &

Landscape
BY MOLLY SIPLE
Fellowship with other artists and strong
ties to the land and sea in his area have
strengthened the artwork of Southern
California artist Stephen Eugene Mirich.

60 Mood Over Minutia

BY BOB BAHR
Oil painter Kim Cogan captures the
atmosphere and mystery of atypical scenes
through careful treatment of light and color.

68 Exhibitions
American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life,
1765–1915...Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of
Painting...Selections From The Irvine
Museum, 2009.

74 Business of Art

76 Technical Q+A

78 Bulletin Board

80 Coming in...