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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe former Jones County art instructor and adjunct professor at the University of Southern Mississippi is a native of Pennsylvania and lived in Tempe, Arizona for several years before meeting her husband and moving to rural Mississippi. While in Arizona, the former photographer taught dark room photography at Phoenix Arts and Crafts Center, freelanced as a photographer for modeling agencies in Phoenix and worked as an assistant to a commercial photographer. She attended art classes at Arizona State University and completed her Bachelors and Master\u2019s degrees in Art in the late 1980\u2019s at the University of Southern Mississippi with degrees in Fine Art and Art Education. <\/p>\n\n\n
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\u201cMy vision for my paintings comes from 45 years of living a rural life in the woods which has entailed growing food, herbs and flowers and raising children and farm animals. I have also spent many years exploring the marshes and waterways of South Mississippi along the beautiful Gulf Coast and sailing to our beautiful barrier islands. My art originates from paying attention to the natural world of light, reflections, shadows, textures and colors that surround us in nature. I translate what I see in the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional surface focusing on a more impressionistic style,\u201d said Busby.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nHer life\u2019s journey has earned her several awards and accomplishments with the latest being accepted as a member of the Mississippi Art Colony and being awarded the Becky Feder Award for Artistic Achievement. Busby has also been accepted as a member in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. and she was accepted as a participant in the Meridian Museum of Art Annual Juried Competition for the past two years. Her work has been in the Lucile Parker Gallery and is currently a part of the Mississippi Art Colony Traveling Show. She is a board member of the Hattiesburg Arts Council and a member of the Lauren Rogers Art Museum, the Ohr O\u2019Keefe Museum and the Mississippi Museum of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nFor more information about upcoming JC art shows or to arrange a visit to the gallery call, 601-477-8401. The Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., and by appointment only on Fridays. The gallery is closed during the holidays. To learn more about the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Art Department, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/programs\/finearts\/<\/strong><\/a> or the JC Art Department\u2019s social media: Facebook page, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JCJCFineArts<\/strong>\/<\/a> and on Instagram @artatjonescollege<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ELLISVILLE \u2013The colorful and uniquely created artwork of Susan Chakiris Busby will be on display at the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on the Ellisville campus of Â鶹ֱ²¥ until September 18, 2025. Her paintings \u201cpop\u201d off the wall with color because of a unique style of painting and materials used to create a dimensional … <\/p>\n