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Designing for Wine Country

Our esteemed designer Jess Keefer recently completed the CD-DVD-Booklet for Bill Russell’s Wine Country Tales.

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January 6, 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Stay warm out there.

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December 24, 2014

Maurice’s Merry Christmas Cards, 2014.

This year, Maurice’s Christmas cards are striking reinterpretations of Renaissance portraits.

Check out his blog for the full collection: http://www.mauricevellekoop.com/blog/

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December 23, 2014

Happy Halloween

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Photo and collage by Steven Guarnaccia

October 31, 2014

Neil Wismayer of Lunar Caustic Press

Bill Russell’s digital drawing of Neil Wismayer of Lunar Caustic Press as he prints on the Heidelberg Press

Neil on the press from Bill Russell on Vimeo.

October 17, 2014

Sylvie Thamsir’s Pencil Drawings

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October 1, 2014

Historical Portraiture

New scratchboard portraits by Bill Russell:

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John Muir, Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the U.S.

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John Adams was the second president of the United States.

September 18, 2014

Motorcycle Style

Custom motorcycle helmet painted by Alëna Skarina.

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September 12, 2014

Maurice Vellekoop gets the centre spread treatment.

Maurice’s show, “Cockadoodle: The Erogenous Art of Maurice Vellekoop” was given a double page review in the Manchester Evening News.

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Now showing! “Cockadoodle: The Erogenous Art of Maurice Vellekoop”

The show in Manchester, England is a flamboyant new exhibition of Maurice’s contribution to illustration, underground comics and contemporary erotica. This is Maurice Vellekoop’s first European solo exhibition with a wide selection of his erotic work on show alongside examples of his mainstream editorial work. The exhibition comes at a moment of renewed significance for Maurice as he embarks upon a graphic memoir, I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together! commissioned by the Canadian Council for the Arts and edited by author and award-winning art director Chip Kidd, to be published by Pantheon Books.

The exhibition is supported by a programme of events and activities that address notions of private shame, empowerment, sex-positivism and the often overlooked role of personal fantasy in critical cultural appreciation.

Cockadoodle: The Erogenous Art of Maurice VellekoopThe show is at Twenty Twenty Two in Manchester, England from 15 August to 13 September 2014. The show will move to a Liverpool venue and dates will be announced soon.

Curated by Bren O’Callaghan, is supported by Arts Council England, Manchester Pride and Homotopia Liverpool.

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September 10, 2014