ABOVE: "MASTER and MATE" by BILL MAC LANE. Ring, studio manager for Mac Lane studios says he feels this is one of Mac Lane's finest paintings. Now 29, Bill was doing "murals" on the living room wall at the tender age of 4, though somewhat lacking in genius at the time he received only spankings for his trouble. Today a Mac Lane mural costs a pretty penny. Beginning his formal art training in his birthplace of Baltimore, he progressed to the Evanston Academy of Fine Arts only to have his studies interrupted by World War II. Joining the Marine Corps, he spent 30 months in the Islands and the Orient as a combat artist. And like so many veterans, World War II had hardly ended until he was recalled for the Korean folly. Between "Wars" he was able to spend a little time in Mexico where he painted a fine series on Mexican peons which became part of his famous series of working peoples, which is recognized as one of the finest of its kind. After 3 years in the University of Washington, Bill spent two years in Paris furthering his art training.

Bill feels his life is full and satisfying. Painting as the spirit moves him, he may work 48 hours without stopping, and yet go for days without touching a brush. The theatre, ballet, opera are always "musts", but so are all the outdoor sports, swimming, boating, skiing. As a very eligible bachelor, his studio is a gathering place for the young social set and many a party is hosted there.

A catalog of Mac Lane prints $1. Wm MacLane Studios po box 9012 Queene Anne Station, Seatle 9, Washington.

An 8x10 b&w print of Master and Mate costs $1.50 or six different selections for $6.50. Color slides are $1 each and fit 2x2 projectors 8x10 full color prints (NOT lithographs) $4. 4x5 inch color prints $2.50 each. Write Mac Lane Studios for complete details.

ACROSS THE PAGE TOP: A recent photograph of Bill Mac Lane. BOTTOM: "BEACHHEAD", an early Bill Mac Lane painting.

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CURRENT AND CHOICE IN THE OTHER PHYSIQUE MAGAZINES: The August 56 edition of Strength & Health Magazine tells the story and shows illustrations of an athlete named Bruce Randall of New York City who took his weight from 203 up to 401 lbs of gargantuan strength and then brought it down to a handsome symmetrical 187 lbs. Available from S&H publishing co 55 N. Broad St. York Penn, price 35 cents. VIM Sept 56 devotes 5 pages to the "Rollicking Romans Pictorial" which despite their pious claim of any similarity to an actual organization being purely coincidental, will not fool anyone. At any rate, their first attack about 6 months ago of the publication in question brought it out of obscurity into a nationally distributed magazine. This latest free publicity should likewise prove invaluable to a struggling new book. If your newstand is out of Vim you can buy it by sending 30 cents to VIM 179 West Washington Blvd Chicago 2, Illinois

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NEW ARTISTS ARE INVITED TO MARKET THEIR WORK THROUGH THE MAC LANE STUDIOS. If an artist feels he has salable work, he is invited to submit it to the Mac Lane studios. If the directors feel the work to be of general enough interest to warrant the investment of duplications, advertising etc., a contract will be negotiated with the artist, giving him 50% after expenses on all copies sold. For an artist who may do work only occasionnally and who prefers not to be bothered with establishing his own sales set-up, this arrangement can be most satisfactory. Work should be sent to the Mac Lane Studios po box 9012 Queene Anne Station, Seattle 9 Washington, and return shipping charges should be enclosed,

If the studio does not decide to distribute any given painting it does not necessarily mean they consider it lacks merit, but only that their experience hos shown that similar paintings or drawings have had limited sales value. Indeed some of the world's greatest artists not really appreciated by the public until long after their deaths. At any rate, all you have to invest is a little postage, and you might find your efforts earning handsome dividends for you.

Artists must restrict themselves to the same pseudo-moral taboos required of photographers: No pubic hair, no specific delineation of parts, avoid sensual situations implying a primary carnal interpretation. Page 15