viii, 216 pages : illustrations ( some color) ; 32 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / M. Stephen Doherty -- Radical currents of classical realism in contemporary American painting / Mark Steven Walker -- The visual image : silence and slow time / Charles H. Cecil -- The experience of the young traditional painter / Kurt Anderson -- Ethics and aesthetics / Lisa Bormann -- The necessity of excellence : the artist's search for the ideal / Stephen Gjertson -- The art student's dilemma / Kirk Richards -- Landscape painting : the artist's perspective / Don Koestner -- Painting : understanding the craft / Richard Lark -- Thoughts on American impressionism / Gary Hoffman -- Still life : the tradition continues / Jim Prohl -- An approach to painting / Richard W. Whitney -- The heritage of pastel painting : the worth of the artist's ability / L'eesa Hoffman -- Gallery : a selection of paintings by artists of the Boston school -- About the artists : biographies of the painters.