Artists In Action’s Art Gallery - July Featured Artists Reception

Jean Lea: “ I have lived in Oregon my entire life. My art is influenced by the varied environment in which I live. The proximity to the ocean, wetlands, farmlands, and mountains are often the inspiration and stepping off point for my work. I primarily paint with acrylic, watercolor, and gouache to create abstract and semi-abstract interpretations of nature and people. I also enjoy printmaking to produce monotypes,, etchings, and relief prints.
I have been an active member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon since 1993 and a member of the Salem Art Association, Artist in Action, Keizer Art Association, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts (OCCA), Northwest Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, and International Society of Experimental Artists. I have shown in multiple exhibitions and have artwork in the Art in Agriculture permanent collection at Oregon State University and the Salem Public Library Foundation’s Salem Reads art collection.”

Susan Grace Branch: A native-born Oregonian, Susan’s love of the environment of the Pacific Northwest has called her back to her home state and McMinnville, Oregon where she has established studios for her wall art and jewelry (wearable art.) The influence of her return is deeply evident in her creative work. Susan’s artistic style is eclectic, the consequence of a life-long fascination with possibility thinking, looking for the patterns that connect thoughts, ideas and philosophies inside of disciplines and between disciplines. Susan’s interests include science, arts, archeology, anthropology, sociology, mythology and our interrelationship with the many and varied forms of our world. “It is my desire to bring elemental ideas from nature and from dreamscapes and transform them into creative objects that engage the observer and help them see the world around them in a deeper more meaningful way.”
An Opening Night Reception coincides with Salem’s First Friday Art Walk event on July 5th between 5:00-8:00 p.m. The show runs through July 31st. The Artists in Action Gallery shares a space with the Elsinore Framing and Fine Art Gallery at 444 Ferry St. SE. To see more art and read about this new gallery, visit AiAArtGallery.org.
Join us to meet the artists and see artwork by the featured artists and the artwork of all the AiA Art Gallery cooperative members.