{"id":3325,"date":"2015-02-10T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/?page_id=3325"},"modified":"2015-02-10T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T03:12:29","slug":"uncle-bills-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/uncle-bills-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Bill’s Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uncle Bill\u2019s Children, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 24×36 inches<\/p><\/div>\n

When pushed to conform his art to an established style or school, Rodrigue\u2019s answer usually surprised his inquisitors. Although mentioning occasionally Pop or Folk Art traditions, it is Abstract Art that, to the artist himself, best defines his style.<\/p>\n

For Rodrigue, as he works within a canvas\u2019s boundaries, shapes and colors are king. It is because of this abstract approach that he never tires of his subjects.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an Abstract Artist,\u201d he said, \u201cwho happens to paint things people recognize. I\u2019ve painted this way ever since my earliest Oak Trees.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the painting Uncle Bill\u2019s Children<\/em>, the canvas\u2019s shape dictates Rodrigue\u2019s design, strong in its abstraction and symmetry.<\/p>\n

The title refers to Rodrigue\u2019s uncle, Bill Benoit (1894-1985) of Vinton, Louisiana, where he and his wife Lucy Courrege Benoit (Rodrigue\u2019s mother\u2019s sister) owned and operated Benoit\u2019s News Stand (est. 1921), followed by Benoit\u2019s Variety (est. 1947). Rodrigue often paid respects to his relatives by linking them to his Cajun, Blue Dog, and Hurricane paintings.<\/p>\n

Read more here: http:\/\/www.wendyrodrigue.com\/2013\/11\/the-lone-artist.html<\/a>
\nAnd here: http:\/\/www.wendyrodrigue.com\/2012\/05\/landlocked-pirogues-blue-dogs-eyes-art.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  When pushed to conform his art to an established style or school, Rodrigue\u2019s answer usually surprised his inquisitors. Although mentioning occasionally Pop or Folk Art traditions, it is Abstract Art that, to the artist himself, best defines his style. For Rodrigue, as he works within a canvas\u2019s boundaries, shapes and colors are king. 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