1944-2013. 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.”
Three Coins in the Fountain is a triptych comprised of Red, Yellow, and Purple silkscreen editions designed by George Rodrigue in 2003 and produced in 2020. These Estate Editions of 100 measure 12 x 12 inches each and are available for purchase as a Triptych set or individually as Red, […]
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.
