Charcoal on Stonehenge, 15×19″
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Artist comment:  “I photographed Arturo Sandoval several times at the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, and in 2015, I was so pleased to finally meet him and give him a copy of this drawing.  He kept saying “I love it” over and over!  And that’s the most important thing to me…”

Charcoal on Stonehenge, 15×19″
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Artist Comment:  “This portrait of Devin Phillips was created in honor of his induction into the Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame in 2015.  Devin arrived in Portland from New Orleans after the devastating Hurricane Katrina.  He quickly became a respected member of the Portland jazz community, and was given this award for his talent and enormous contributions to jazz education in Portland.”

Pencil on Stonehenge, 14×18”
$300
To purchase, email diane@dianerussell.net

Artist comment: I have been photographing Thara Memory for years, and have created numerous portraits of him. But this is one I couldn’t resist. He was performing at Jimmy Mak’s and was sitting on stage, viewing the audience, with that expression that says it all. So I took the photo and ran with it…

Pencil on Stonehenge, 16×20”
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Artist comment: Esperanza Spalding has performed many times at the PDX Jazz Festival, and although I was not able to take photos of her at those performances, I did photograph her at several American Music Program benefits. This drawing was created from one of my photos from the 2013 benefit. Esperanza is mesmerizing on stage, and I chose this photo to work from because it seemed to capture her essence in one of the “in between” moments of her performance.

Pencil on Stonehenge, 16×22”
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Artist comment: This drawing of Chick Corea was taken from a photo I took of him at his performance with Return to Forever at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in 2008. I was taking photos from the balcony, so I was able to capture the all three keyboards as well as his energy and his interaction with the band. The photo I used as reference was chosen for the intensity of his expression and for the positioning of his hands on the keyboard. I originally did a drawing of the entire band, then decided to create another drawing just to feature this great keyboardist.

Charcoal on Stonehenge, 15×19”
$400
To purchase, email diane@dianerussell.net

Artist comment: This is my third pencil portrait of Stanley Jordan, so the next one will have to be a painting! I never get tired of listening to his music, whether he is performing a solo show, or with the Dave Matthews band, his performances are not to be missed.

Charcoal on Stonehenge, 14×18”
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Artist comment: This portrait was created for Thara Memory’s American Music Program benefit concert in 2014, and together with my portrait of Terrell Stafford, raised $2000 for the program! I rarely use another photographer’s photo, but I am very grateful to Eric Pozza for letting me use his wonderful photo of Bennie. Eric’s work can be seen at CanberraJazz.net.

Charcoal on Stonehenge, 14×18”
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Artist comment: This portrait was created for Thara Memory’s American Music Program benefit concert in 2014, and together with my portrait of Bennie Maupin, raised $2000 for the program!

Pencil on Stonehenge, 15×19
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Artist comment: This drawing of Rebecca Kilgore was taken from my photograph of her performance with Art Abrams at the 2013 PDX Jazz Festival. Rebecca has been inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame. She performs all over world at jazz festivals, jazz clubs, jazz cruises, and I was happy to finally have the opportunity to photograph her here in Portland.

Charcoal on Stonehenge, 15×19”
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