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Colleen Dwire
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Illustrator, wood engraver, printmaker, writer
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We will get through this time. Courage and compassion. Violence extinguishes evolution.
Linoleum cut done in October 2025. Flowering cacti at sunrise with words "truth will out"
January 21, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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The Wood Engravers' Network's 5th Triennial Exhibition will be arriving at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library in March! Hope you can make time to be inspired by this wide variety of approaches to this historic medium.
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#printmaking #woodengraving #woodcuts
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January 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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A free poster from North Bay Letterpress Arts
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poster reading: When THE POWER OF LOVE overcomes the love of power the world will know PEACE ~ Jimi Hendrix
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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A terrific honor and pleasure of 2025 was being hired to illustrate a very interesting book for The Book Club of California, its 244th publication. bookclubofca.square.site/product/our-...
The project has 13 pen & ink drawings, 2 maps, and 2 facsimiles
#journals #illustration #yosemite #letterpress
standard edition opened to frontispiece drawing, shows facsimiles, maps, and slipcases standard edition opened to illustration of sequoia trees, limited edition book with patterned cover shown on left book launch event (12/22/25) with Kevin Kosik, Executive Director of the Book Club of California creative team, Dennis Kruska, Colleen Dwire, Elizabeth Pomeroy, Dina Pollack, Julyana Gilan of Book Island
January 6, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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Happy Holidays and Warm Wishes for a Hearty New Year!
2025 wood engraving Christmas card: elf with large Christmas ornament hat holding sign reading "LEAD WITH YOUR HEART"
December 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Join in on the fun! Carve a linocut and see it printed by a steamroller, enjoy live poetry readings, great music, family activities and more!
www.northbayletterpressarts.org/north-bay-pr...
August 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Pat and Mike, two leprechauns, perched on their familiar barstools with pints at hand. Pat says, "I know me jigs, Lass," I says. "I don't care to larn this Twelve Step you keep talking' about.'" (original cartoon © 1996 Colleen Dwire)
March 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM