[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


      HONORING MARIAN BUSEY ON THE OCCASION OF HER 102ND BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 28, 2014

  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Colorado Springs 
artist and businesswoman Marian Busey on the occasion of her 102nd 
birthday.
  For a century, since the age of 2, Mrs. Busey has been an artist. As 
a co-founder of Arati Artists Gallery in Old Colorado City, Mrs. Busey 
has helped ensure that art in the Fifth Congressional District will 
live on for centuries to come. It can be argued that Mrs. Busey helped 
start the vibrant arts scene that now exists in Old Colorado City and 
the Westside by taking a chance on opening the Arati Gallery back in 
1977.
  Mrs. Busey has been quoted as saying that she enjoys watercolor 
painting because, ``once you put the brush on the canvas, you're done 
quickly, you can't complicate the painting.'' I know I speak on behalf 
of the Fifth Congressional District when I wish Mrs. Busey a very happy 
birthday and many more years of complication-free painting.




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