{"id":44560,"date":"2014-08-24T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/24\/when-mary-engelbreit-gets-controversial.html"},"modified":"2014-08-25T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T14:21:08","slug":"when-mary-engelbreit-gets-controversial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/24\/when-mary-engelbreit-gets-controversial.html","title":{"rendered":"When Mary Engelbreit gets controversial"},"content":{"rendered":"
I went through a very brief phase of enjoying Mary Engelbreit's artwork about two-plus decades back, but immediately got over it. She was just too stylized and nice and saccharine and glurgy.<\/p>\n

One problem with being an artist like that is when you step, intentionally or not, into controversy. But more power to her.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>George Wiman<\/a><\/span>)\ufeff<\/div>\n

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Beloved Illustrator Blasted by Fans Over Ferguson Artwork<\/a>
\n Illustrator Mary Engelbreit, best known for her comforting and quaint images of children, provoked anger among her fan base with a Ferguson-themed artwork.\n <\/p>\n

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I went through a very brief phase of enjoying Mary Engelbreit's artwork about two-plus decades back, but immediately got over it. She was just too stylized and nice and saccharine and glurgy. One problem with being an artist like that is when you step, intentionally or not, into controversy. But more power to her. 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