Diane Russell: Painter of Musicians and an OMN photographer CC#183
b'OMN\\u2019s Coffeeshop Conversations is back for our second week of what we hope to be a long run at our new home Catfish Lou\\u2019s at 2460 NW 24th Ave. It\\u2019s a real music club which won Muddy Awards for Best Venue from the Cascade Blues Association for the past two years.\\nWith me today is painter and photographer Diane Russell. You\\u2019ve seen her paintings and drawings of musicians all over town, including in here. And you\\u2019ve seen her photography on OMN for many years and we\\u2019re happy to be able to have her work on our pages.\\nSo we\\u2019ll be talking about a show she has up at the Art Bar as part of the 2019 Portland Jazz Festival and how she works and also about fighting it out in photographer scrums at concerts.\\nLet\\u2019s meet Diane Russell.'