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Drew Cottril creates a Brer Bulloch world
Professional artist celebrates and reimagines his chosen community
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Drew and Natalie Cottril talk about his "Brer Rabbit" drawings and book in his studio behind their home, where his oil paintings cover the walls. Widely traveled former residents of coastal California, they moved here eight years ago in retirement and describe Bulloch County as their favorite place. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
When artist Drew Cottril saw neighbors helping one another clean up after a hurricane, he got out a pen and drew a special illustration of the cooperative effort in the style of his book "Brer Rabbit in Bulloch County: Walking the Back Roads." Cottril graduated from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, his original home town. Before being merged into the equally prestigious California Institute of the Arts, Chouinard was the school where Walt Disney recruited artists to train other artists for classic animated movies such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
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