Diana Busse is an award-winning painter who holds an M.F.A. from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has been galleried in numerous venues both nationally and internationally. Her work has been compared to that of Van Gogh and Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts) such as Matisse and de Vlaminck. She now lives in works in Scottsdale AZ, with her husband, composer and writer Tom Hamill.