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.
November 15 – 17: The Life & Legacy Tour visited Oklahoma, with education outreach organized by Louisiana A+ Schools and Oklahoma A+ Schools! While in Oklahoma for the opening of The Art of George Rodrigue: Shiny Happy Blue Dog, Wendy Rodrigue, widow of artist George Rodrigue, brought original Rodrigue paintings into three OKA+ Schools (Northwoods […]
