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RU ELL A RAHAM

Llustrator: Yay e

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ussell Abrahams is an artist and illustrato­r e recently collaborat­ed on a capsule with M, which he describes as

myproudest moment The apetown-basedillus­trator also released a collection with Markham earlier this year want to inspire the kids of South Africa, and for more people of colour to believe that art and illustrati­on can be a career path, Abrahams says e grew up with a grandfathe­r who was a painter, who returned home with paint-splattered overalls Two generation­s later, we’re back to painting walls, he says n 2 21 he plastered his blend of maximalist colours and minimalist patterns over the FN ater Tower in Soweto KTW &INIFX FSI HWJFYJI FS FHHTRUFS^NSL RZWFQ KTW YMJNW ܫFLXMNU storein Sandton ity e’s grateful for theprofess­ional success ut most of all, how the people of South Africa have gravitated to my work

t’s such a beautiful and organic growth —Na ee ie

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