For my first post of 2021 I decided to step away from the riveting news of the past week and focus instead on a happier subject, a virtual visit with another artist in the ongoing series of posts I’ve released over the past several months on what they’ve been creating during the pandemic. Mary…
Tag: Charlotte Lyons
2 dear friends, 2 suggestions for getting out the vote
Taking a cue from a storefront in the 4200 block of Delmar, and from two dear friends, Mary Engelbreit and Charlotte Lyons, who are encouraging people to vote in their signature artsy way, I want to reinforce their important message by sharing their suggestions with you. Charlotte Lyons, one of my oldest friends from earlier…
The dark side of the Queen of Cute
There is a flip side to the public persona artist Mary Engelbreit—a.k.a. “the Queen of Cute”—has been projecting to her many fans for the past 40 years. Both personalities are on display on a card rack that was installed recently at Left Bank Books. Half of the rack contains Mary’s well-known traditional cards, showing brightly-colored drawings…