Emmy Lou Packard (Softcover)

Emmy Lou Packard’s steel core was forged within a multi-faceted cauldron of experience. Her reactions and responses to trials and triumphs spawned a deep inner vision and courage which guided her life and her art right to the end.

Long before the terms were coined, Emmy Lou Packard was an environmentalist, a feminist, a civil rights activist, an animals rights activist. Her vision grew naturally as she responded to and interacted with her physical, social, political and artistic environment.

“Emmy Lou Packard’s prolific output spans media, and her adept public works, painting, photography, printing, experimental plexiglass displays, and decorative projects are a testament to her tireless pursuit of ingenuity and connection with her audience. Her well-deserved title as a universal artist was won through her extensive world travels, which served to dictate her style and subject matter. During her lifetime, Emmy Lou enjoyed a great deal of fame, yet also struggled in the face of political oppression and the limitations that were enforced on women in the mid-twentieth century. Her youthful association with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo gained her entrance to a well-connected world, although it was by her own vigor and perseverance that her work remained so reflective of the fraught period in time. It was her ceaseless drive to showcase her own personal world that resonated so deeply with audiences. In many ways, she escapes categorization, as she did not wholly identify with any particular group of artists. Rather, her personal philosophy to situate herself as part of her own audience, resulted in a deeply revelatory oeuvre, which exemplified her interests in politics, social justice, the environment, and artistic causes.”

Authors: Paul Vol Blum, Sarah Poisner, John Natsoulas

160 pages

ISBN: 978-163901903-8