MAC Online Art Galleries: Emmy Lou Packard, This Week’s Featured Artist

Explore unique art to purchase, curated by the non-profit Mendocino Art Center. Discover the perfect piece for your home via our online catalog or virtual 3D gallery walkthroughs. We’ve selected some of our favorite artists, gathering together their most exceptional, one-of-a-kind pieces to offer for sale exclusively online.

Emmy Lou Packard, this week’s featured artist

Emmy Lou (1914-1998) was one of the most famous American fresco artists and printmaking pioneers of the 20th century. Packard’s visual expression and courageous voice earned her international recognition as an artist and activist for peace. Marked by an early encounter with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, her trajectory evolved from assisting Rivera with mural painting, to her own painting and print exhibitions and fresco projects. In 1959 Emmy Lou married fellow artist Byron Randall and joined the movement of artists leaving the Bay Area and moved to Mendocino, where she lived for a decade. Packard’s studies of the Mendocino Headlands for her artwork eventually inspired her to become a key promoter in the establishment of the headlands as a state park.