Portrait of the artist with his grandson.
Neil Jussila
Biographical Sketch
Neil Jussila grew up in Butte, Montana. He received his degrees in art from Montana State University, Bozeman. He is a Vietnam combat veteran. He has been on faculty at MSU-Billings since 1969. He is married and has two children and two grandchildren.
The Wind
The sound of the
ink-stained wind
is the sound of a pen, forming words
in the wind over snow in the night.
The ink-stained wind
comes dancing:
In the early-morn-hour at night;
Sweet tryst with a cursive line;
Upon the plain is left a trance.
