Artists differ from the rest of us due to an inherent creative ambition, a heightened sensitivity and openness to experience, and a distinct way of perceiving the world through a lens of possibility, curiosity, aesthetics and intuition. While everyone possesses creative potential, practicing artists cultivate and prioritize these traits, seeing patterns, colors and contours in ways others might miss, and they are driven by a compulsion or interest to create something new and expressive.

In honor of Art for Art's Sake, celebrating its 45th year on Saturday, Oct. 4, with gallery openings throughout the city, we look at the lives of three visual artists who live and work in New Orleans, each at a different stage in their careers.

Zana Ranđelović Brown

Figurative painter

A native of easter

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