Diane Beals @ Level 2 Gallery

Level 2 Gallery features indelible: Artists Portraits by Diane Beals

Explore a slice of Salem’s vibrant artist community through indelible: Artists Portraits by Diane Beals. Presented by the Oregon Artists Series Foundation, this twopart exhibition highlights 14 artists who have made indelible and memorable marks through their art and creative practices.

Documentary photographer Diane Beals has captured the artists in a series of black and white images. View portraits of the artists in their workspaces at Level 2 Gallery at Salem Convention Center. And see an extension of the exhibition — a companion to the portraits — in the Art Hall at Salem Public Library. The companion photos capture an aspect of each artist’s process such as a tool, materials or a work of art in progress.

While the artists depicted at the Level 2 Gallery are fully identified, the works at the Library are not, inviting the viewer to closely study the photographs to match each artist with a process shot.

Photographed artists include Rob Bibler, Jon Colburn, Nancy Eng, Carol Hausser, Bonnie Hull, Kristin Kuhns, Nancy Lindburg, Sue-Del McCulloch, Jude Morales, Dave Nichols and the late Sandra Nichols (working collaboratively as nic and sloy), Randall Tosh, April Waters, Krista West, and Gary Westford.

Artist Diane Beals has spent the past decade photographing the people of our city from documenting the work of the Alzheimer’s Network of Oregon through their residents to chronicling girls age 6 to 18 and showcasing what each is passionate about: a catcher in her softball uniform, to inside a church, to someone wanting to be photographed with her grandpa. But most notable may be her street photography documenting the houseless community in our city. The thread connecting them all — Diane presents her images “…in a way that will make you really want to look. Where in real life, most will turn away.”

SEE THE SHOW...

Level 2 Gallery at Salem Convention Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday, during special events or by appointment by calling 503-589-1700. www.oregonartistsseries.com