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\"\"Pack of Oak Groves
\n<\/i><\/span>2004 by George Rodrigue
\n<\/span>Acrylic on canvas
\n<\/span>30×40 inches<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: \u00a0Rodrigue Studio New Orleans, in conjunction with the special exhibition Rodrigue\u2019s Heartland: \u00a0Under the Oaks and Out of the Swamp<\/i>\u00a0<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was painting the oak trees that trained me to develop my own style,\u201d explained George Rodrigue. \u00a0As both a symbol and artistic element, the Rodrigue Oak is as distinctive, contemporary, and enduring as his Blue Dog. \u00a0\u00a0Throughout Rodrigue\u2019s career, the oak tree remains the black, dominant force tying the Cajuns, Blue Dog, and other subjects to the land.<\/span><\/p>\n

A magnificent Rodrigue painting, Pack of Oak Groves<\/i> near-startles with its immediacy, where the dog and trees hold equal weight. \u00a0From its position of strength, front and center, the dog challenges the viewer to an exchange— creating a mysterious, surreal environment and scenario. \u00a0For this reason, the painting was the last artwork, or finale, within the sequence of 260 paintings on view during the 2008 exhibition, Rodrigue\u2019s Louisiana: \u00a0Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina<\/i> at the New Orleans Museum of Art. \u00a0The blockbuster show was the most well-attended exhibition at NOMA on record (since 1911) for a living artist or a contemporary exhibit. \u00a0Within a private collection since 2005, Rodrigue\u2019s Heartland <\/i>is the first time since NOMA that this classic Rodrigue dog-in-a-landscape has been on public view.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pack of Oak Groves<\/i> also appears within the book Planet Dog <\/i>(2005, Houghton Mifflin & Harcourt) by Sandra Choron and Harry Choron.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pack of Oak Groves 2004 by George Rodrigue Acrylic on canvas 30×40 inches Location: \u00a0Rodrigue Studio New Orleans, in conjunction with the special exhibition Rodrigue\u2019s Heartland: \u00a0Under the Oaks and Out of the Swamp\u00a0. \u201cIt was painting the oak trees that trained me to develop my own style,\u201d explained George Rodrigue. \u00a0As both a symbol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPack of Oak Groves - George Rodrigue Studios<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/pack-oak-groves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pack of Oak Groves - 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