Gary Lynn Roberts
'I'm Living My Dream'
By Myrna Zanetell
Pages 38-43
Born in 1953, Roberts was raised in the small town of Channelview, just east of Houston, Texas. The son of Joe Raider Roberts, it was almost a foregone conclusion that he would continue his father’s legacy as a highly regarded painter of the Western genre. “For as long as I can remember, all I ever wanted to do was be a painter,” Roberts says.

Home for the Holidays, oil, 40" by 60"

Also: Where’s Joe?, oil, 30" by 40"

Shadow Creek Cascade, oil, 14 1/4" by 15 1/8"

Also: Gros Ventre Aspens, oil, 11" by 14"

Watching Em Water, bronze 11 1/2” high

Also: Dusty Rose, bronze, 21” high

Jacqueline Kamin
Painterly Conversations
By Emily Van Cleve
Pages 56-61
The garden around Jacqueline
Kamin’s southern California
home is a sanctuary for all
kinds of flowers and herbs. She is
proud of the hydrangea, lavender,
and rosemary plants that thrive
under her watchful eye, but her heart
belongs to her roses. “I love so many
different kinds of roses,” she says. “I
have quite a few varieties of heirloom
roses growing in my garden.”

Country Girl, oil, 10" by 8"

Also: Antique Silver, oil, 9" by 14"

Rock Newcomb
Still Life Choreographer
By Barbara Coyner
Pages 62-67
First you crawl, then you walk,
and then you run. “Then you
dance and become a ballet
star,” says Rock Newcomb. “And,
if you’re really lucky, you get to
become the choreographer.” The
Arizona painter imagines that he’s
choreographing with his paintbrush
these days. As he approaches the
easel, he compares his work to
being a mini-god, arranging characters
and scenery for his acrylic still
life portrayals.

Spirit of the Southwest, acrylic, 30" by 20"

Also: Pueblo Interior, acrylic, 36" by 24"

Jim Morgan
Silent Poetry
By Sarah Gilbert
Pages 68-73
Every spring, when James Morgan looks out the windows of his studio in Mendon, Utah, he’s reminded of a painting he’d like to put on canvas some day: goldfinches bobbing around among a fresh crop of bright dandelion heads, plucking seeds out of the soft yellow balls. “The goldfinches are the exact same color as the dandelions,” he says, as he watches the birds play in his back yard. “Someday, I am going to have to paint that.”

Three Part Harmony, oil, 36" by 24"

Also: Soothsayer, oil, 24" by 36"

Studio Feature:
William Schneider
By Mary Nelson
Pages 30-32
Sometimes, even with a clear
idea of what needs to happen,
rules and regulations can
throw a chink in the clockworks.
Zoning restrictions in the village of
Lakewood, Illinois, were just such a
roadblock when William Schneider
wanted to erect a studio separate
from his home. He learned firsthand
that the laws were not friendly
to erecting multiple buildings on
a site that’s not agricultural. The
prerequisites included buying agricultural
land, rezoning, submitting
plans, and possibly spending nearly
$500,000 to get the town fathers to
consider his plans.

The Studio of William Schneider

Also: Rose Cascade, oil, 40" by 26"