1. Guy Colwell was born on March 28,1945 and is an American painter and occasional underground cartoonist.
12 Facts About Guy Colwell
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Guy Colwell was on born March 28,1945, in Oakland, California.
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Guy Colwell studied art at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
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Guy Colwell was financially unable to continue art school as planned but deeply committed to painting as his life work, so was mainly self-taught thereafter.
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Guy Colwell left the Good Times after the paper ceased publication and concentrated on doing paintings and a few comic books until the mid-1980s.
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Guy Colwell authored a second comic book series under the title Doll and completely stopped using drugs and alcohol while working at Rip Off Press.
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In 1986, upon hearing of The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, Guy Colwell took an 18-month leave of absence from Rip Off Press to join what was touted by original Great Peace March organizer David Mixner as a major event in American history.
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On returning to Rip Off Press, by 1988 relocated to Auburn, California, Guy Colwell became strongly influenced by the great natural beauty and wildlife of the Sierra Mountains.
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Guy Colwell's 2004 painting, The Abuse, is his depiction of the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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Guy Colwell's gallery received damage from unknown persons, causing it to close permanently.
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In September 2012, Guy Colwell's work was featured in Juxtapoz magazine.
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Guy Colwell is married and lives in Berkeley, California, where he devotes himself to creating personal and political art.