This summer, Bill Russell travelled with a crew from Reactor to Manitoulin Island.
Here’s Bill’s visual diary (PDF) and some prose:
Bill leads lost children through the wilderness
He drives us through lines of trees on a dusty back road through heat and time. In my gut sits a lump of Dave and Brenda’s whitefish and chips. We stop for supplies at the Foodland and watch Ojiybway carting sodas into a truck. Where do you find First Nations beaded moccasins not made in China? Maybe the hardware store sells ’em besides hunting liscences, fishing lures and DEET. After a look down into the dolomite alvar, we’re off cruising past deep yellow Canola fields under a bright blue sky. Just give me a butter tart, a paddle and more homegrown and set me downstream.
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August 12, 2011
My friend Peter sells fruits and nuts up by Mt Tam in Marin County. Illustration linked here.
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May 3, 2011
Bill Russell’s illustrations of students for San Francisco’s Golden Gate University. Visit site here.
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April 6, 2011
Bill Russell’s Valentine’s Day sketchbook drawings from Teatro ZinZanni, San Francisco’s bewitching evening of European Cabaret and Cirque. More drawings on Bill’s Blog.
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February 15, 2011
Did you know Bill Russell is resident artist at the San Francisco Dump (now called Recology)? Here are a few samples of portraits and reportage. Check out his blog: BillRussell.Posterous.com
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November 29, 2010