Posted on July 07 2006
“‘You must understand that “Russell The Personality” is a wholly separate character from the life of Russell Chatham the painter, though at the same time they are inseparable,’ says William Randolph Hearst III, one of Chatham’s closest friends. ‘No matter what he does, his adventure with it becomes larger than life.'” Todd Wilkinson pens probably the best potrait yet of fly fishing author and noted painter Russell Chatham on NewWest.net. For those who appreciate Chatham’s writing or painting, there are some interesting details of how Chatham’s artistic vision grew out of learning to adapt to the vast expanses of Montana.