Spotlight Artist
Joe Bussell
Midwest
Artist Statement
Painting is a balancing act. It is no mean feat to merge the images of a snowy junkyard with scent memories of the souq, the feel of a fluttering luna moth and hum of white noise. That said, when worlds like these coalesce and, in turn, touch others, there is nothing sweeter.
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