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ost of the time, it's not par- ticularly pleasant being bitten by a bug. Ticks, mos-

quitoes, bees, killer ants, and large, ag- gressive, unidentifiable buzzing things with wings tend to provoke adverse emotional and physical reactions in hu- man beings.

But there is one bug that artist Sum- mer Barcenas welcomes being attacked, and bitten, by:

"I was bitten by the travel bug years ago, and continuous travel is my medi- cine," the Walla Walla painter says.

"The main theme of my art is wan- derlust."

"I want to open people's minds to the journey, the exploration, and the beauty of each cultu...