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\"A-Window-of-Happiness-2001-14x11-RODRIGUE\"A Window of Happiness
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>2001 by George Rodrigue
\n<\/span>14×11 inches
\n<\/span>Acrylic on linen<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: \u00a0New Orleans<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout his life, George Rodrigue often quoted the renowned American architect A. Hays Town (1903-2005), who told the young artist, \u201cTreat your painting like a jewel; because if it\u2019s precious to you, others also will see it in this way.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0He applied this advice to his earliest and darkest landscapes, and to every painting afterwards. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the late 1990s Rodrigue\u2019s art was more exciting than ever, as he definitively left behind his somber Cajun subjects in favor of bright, surreal Blue Dog compositions set in ever wilder, more imaginative environments. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This particular jewel, a Rodrigue favorite, found fame within the pages of the book Blue Dog Love <\/i>(Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2001), where Rodrigue stated:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Wendy and I were dating, if I was not in California, I was trying to get there. \u00a0Its landscape and its mood open a window of happiness for me. \u00a0This new found joy was soon reflected in my paintings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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