Born and raised in southwest Louisiana, “Cajun Country,” George Rodrigue preserved on his canvas what he feared was his dying heritage — including its land, people, traditions and mythology. It was a Cajun legend, the loup-garou, that spawned his most famous series,
“I grew up feeling a strong relationship to the old things, to the old culture, and I got a stronger feeling when I went to Los Angeles to school. I really started to understand how different I was and how different my Louisiana was.”
I’ve always approached painting knowing that my job is not to make an accurate representation of a subject–
IT’S GOT TO TRANSCEND THAT.
On February 7, 2019, together with the citizens of New Iberia, Governor John Bel Edwards, and Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, the Rodrigue Family broke ground on the George Rodrigue Park. The entire Rodrigue Family, and everyone who loves George, is so grateful for this incredible gift and memorialization in the […]
