Artist Talk by Jana Travis

Jana Broussard Travis holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the University of Memphis. She served as the Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Christian Brothers University, where she created the BFA degree in the Visual Arts and taught for 20 years. Prior to her tenure at CBU, she lived with her husband and two daughters in Guadalajara, Mexico for three years. It was in Mexico where she first observed nature in its most lush and untamed formed and began to use it as a catalyst for her work. Her lively and colorful paintings can be found in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and abroad.