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JANA L BUSSANICH ARTIST – Studio Notes October 20, 2019 It was around 2008-2009 when I first began to self-identify as an artist. I was talking about myself as an artist sort of secretly. There would be those first moments...

The Art of Play How do you relate or respond to this idea of play when making your art? I often hear this phrase, but what does it really mean? I feel a bit like a fraud when I apply...

Debunking a Myth A little note about talent - it's an entry point, a clue about natural ability, personal interest, and aptitude. Once talent is exhausted, hard work might be the most defining characteristic of the successful artist. To the...

I was in Littleton with two of our four grandchildren yesterday when the STEM School shooting was taking place in Highlands Ranch, just 2.8 miles from our daughter's home. The older two grandchildren were at their school, on lockdown, unaware...

Every time I show up at the paper [and every time I don't], I hear Annie Dillard's voice in my head saying, "Give it. Give it all, give it now". The language found in a painting ~ everything that can't...