{"id":395862,"date":"2026-07-12T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395862\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:17:09","slug":"warwicks-bookstore-in-la-jolla-welcomes-vibrant-new-art-piece-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395862\/","title":{"rendered":"Warwick\u2019s bookstore in La Jolla welcomes \u2018vibrant,\u2019 new art piece \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slowly and steadily over the last five years, the artwork of Lori Mitchell has found its way to the walls of Warwick\u2019s bookstore in The Village.<\/p>\n

In 2021, in honor of Warwick\u2019s 125th anniversary, Mitchell created a triptych timeline depicting its history in La Jolla, which now hangs inside the bookstore. For the exterior of the store, Mitchell was commissioned to design an awning named \u201cFor the Love of Reading\u201d for the front of Warwick\u2019s with a letter \u201cW\u201d as the focal point. Mitchell is also responsible for the mural on a wall facing the alley at the back of the store with images of notable authors Warwick\u2019s has hosted in years past.<\/p>\n

Her latest work is a new mural that went up June 20, and is located near the store\u2019s back entrance at 7812 Girard Ave. The new mural and the featured authors art piece are on the opposite side of the store\u2019s entrance. The featured authors piece faces out onto the alley, whereas the mural is in a covered area but still outside of the store.<\/p>\n

\u201cLori\u2019s artwork captures the vibrancy and warmth of Warwick\u2019s, and it includes the viewer as part of our story,\u201d Warwick\u2019s owner Nancy Warwick said of Mitchell\u2019s mural. \u201cThe Warwick\u2019s story is one of community, and this couldn\u2019t be more beautifully presented in Lori\u2019s artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mural depicts a busy day in front of the bookstore, with figures inspired by real people \u2014 down to the colorful pants one of them wears and the flowers another holds \u2014 that she observed at La Jolla\u2019s Open Aire Farmer\u2019s Market.<\/p>\n

A few furry friends made the cut, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always dogs there and I love dogs,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThey\u2019re always so nice and so friendly. All the people that work there are just lovely, lovely people and it seems like all the customers are too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lori Mitchell poses with one of her previous Warwick\u2019s bookstore projects: a display of famous authors who have stopped by 7812 Girard Ave. (Sharon Belknap)\n<\/p>\n

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The history of Warwick\u2019s bookstore is detailed in a trio of pieces towards the back of the store. (Provided by Warwick\u2019s)\n<\/p>\n

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Another project by Lori Mitchell is an awning entitled \u201cFor the Love of Reading.\u201d (Provided by Lori Mitchell)\n<\/p>\n

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Lori Mitchell poses with one of her previous Warwick\u2019s bookstore projects: a display of famous authors who have stopped by 7812 Girard Ave. (Sharon Belknap)\n<\/p>\n

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Mitchell first got on Warwick\u2019s radar when, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she posted coloring book pages on Instagram that parents could use to keep their kids busy and creative. From there, a partnership was formed.<\/p>\n

Mitchell is also the author and illustrator of \u201cDifferent Just Like Me,\u201d a children\u2019s book about finding beauty in similarities and differences between people from different walks of life. The 32-page book landed her an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. Her art has been featured at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library where she also teaches online watercolor classes.<\/p>\n

Additional works by Mitchell are on display at Parfait Paris at 7874 Girard Ave. through mid-August, with 100% of profits from sales of her art going toward local nonprofit organization Feeding San Diego.<\/p>\n

More of Mitchell\u2019s artwork can be found at lorimitchellart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slowly and steadily over the last five years, the artwork of Lori Mitchell has found its way to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,930,5184,6804,74,84,76,75],"class_list":["post-395862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-la-jolla","tag-la-jolla-light","tag-la-jolla-light-news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}