“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.”
(Sherlock Holmes, musing about his family in “The Greek Interpreter”)
Over the years, contests and celebrations have encouraged Mary Russell’s fans to contribute all manner of visual exuberance. Most of them can be found under the “Contests” tab on the blog. (And if you’re moved to create something, send it to us, and we’ll display it here: drawings, YouTube videos, tattoos, Russell & Holmes cosplay—we welcome it all. Just don’t forget the permission form.)
Here are some of our favorites.
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- Mike Savage, acrylics, Dreaming Spies.
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- Kathryn Gallant, from Locked Rooms
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- Beth H, dressed up as Russell
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- Beth H, dressed up as Russell
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- Kelly Walsh dressed as Russell for a costume party.
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- An ink drawing of Holmes and Damian taking a stroll on the high street of Orkney. By Rori Shapiro.
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- Bonnie Gladys, The Green Man, Permanent Marker
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- Bonnie Gladys, “Remnants,” colored pencil & permanent marker
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- The many faces of Mary Russell, by Gordon B.
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- Russell drying her hair, by Tami
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- A fan dressed as Mary Russell
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- Rebekah Tilley, “The God of the Hive”
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- ‘Spring Reflection’, by Tamra H.
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- Beth H, dressed up as Russell
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- The winner’s edition of the Venomous Death broadside, whose name was drawn from among Independent Bookseller receipts.
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- By Elina from Finland
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- Painting by Rori Shapiro.
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- A version of The Language of Bees cover by Sonja Lodder, from Rotterdam.
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- Kerry Kilburn, based on Locked Rooms; digital collage
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- Kerry Kilburn, based on The Game; collage.
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- Lauren Bahr, based on Holmes’s rescue scene in O, Jerusalem. Ink outline, colored pencils
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- Roxanne Lucchesi, photoshop and photographs.
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- Alice Wright, based on Letter of Mary; collage.
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- Mistress of the Hounds, by Bret Herholz
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- Marisa Fyffe, The Moor
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- The Perfect Library by E. W. Woods
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- Winx Goll, Russell & Holmes cattoos
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- “From Miss Russell” by M.R. Graham
