ILLUSTRATION
Black and White Drawings by Guy Colwell

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The Rain Forest

The modern world encroaches on the ancient life of primeval forest and indigenous people.
Aftermath

An attempt to show an American concerned not only with destroying a country but with rebuilding it as well.
Hunger in Oakland

A woodcut illustration for New Times.
Fantastic Friendship, Rising Water

Here's hoping we are not having so much fun that we neglect to notice the creeping changes that could lead to a permanently altered environment.
Peace Marcher

Illustration for a notice promoting a benefit to support the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament of 1986.
Tiger

Pen and ink version of an image originally designed and executed as a woodcut.
Supe Stew

Illustration in the SF Metro for an article analyzing the ongoing consequences flowing from the Dan White killings.
Gathering Berries on Zomba Plateau

Pen and ink version
Gathering Berries on Zomba Plateau

Pencil version

Both versions based on sketches done during a 1990 journey through southern Africa.
Cleaners Waiting

Some people  make messes, others clean them up.
Ron Turner

A1983 portrait drawing of the legendary underground comic book publisher.
Corner Table

Hazardous Waste

An illustration for the East Bay Monthly on the futility of hazardous waste disposal when no real care is taken.
Cheperan

Scene from a Zambian Village based on sketches done there in 1990.
Okapi Lobby
Rebuild
Institutional Warthog
This is Not Torture

Pen and Ink Drawing developed to examine and protest the issue of Waterboarding by our government. Prominently displayed at the Art of Democracy show, Meridian Gallery, SF, 2008.
Morning Light

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