{"id":17738,"date":"2024-05-31T13:10:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/?post_type=product&#038;p=17738"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:22:14","slug":"george-rodrigue-blue-dog-big-texan-sky","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/product\/george-rodrigue-blue-dog-big-texan-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Texan Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Rodrigue created the silkscreen print <em>Big Texan Sky<\/em> on the occasion of his exhibition, <em>Blue Dogs in Texas<\/em>, opening at the Amarillo Museum of Art in 2012. Back then Rodrigue told Amarillo Magazine that the Blue Dog has \u201cblended well into Texas for a long time, probably second only to Louisiana.\u201d Having not finished signing the edition prior to his passing, George Rodrigue&#8217;s estate has now completed the edition with an estate stamp (#s 225-290).<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nBig Texan Sky<\/em> celebrates the iconography and landscape of the Lone Star State. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17740 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/George-Rodrigue-Blue-Dog-Big-Texan-Sky-Estate-framed-web.jpg\" alt=\"George Rodrigue Blue Dog\" width=\"373\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/George-Rodrigue-Blue-Dog-Big-Texan-Sky-Estate-framed-web.jpg 771w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/George-Rodrigue-Blue-Dog-Big-Texan-Sky-Estate-framed-web-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/George-Rodrigue-Blue-Dog-Big-Texan-Sky-Estate-framed-web-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/George-Rodrigue-Blue-Dog-Big-Texan-Sky-Estate-framed-web-600x778.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/>Rodrigue often remarked on the difference between the open, expansive landscape of Texas and the dense, oak tree accented landscape of Louisiana. In <em>Big Texan Sky<\/em> he emphasizes that openness by making the sky the majority of the print\u2019s background. The aptly accessorized Blue Dog stretches almost the full height of the print; the sky and the Blue Dog are both bigger in Texas.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><em>*Price and availability subject to change without notice, sold unframed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i class=\"\"><\/i><em>All prints sold directly by the Rodrigue Estate are also accompanied with a certificate of authenticity indicating the number of the print purchased from the estate.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">Original Silkscreen by George Rodrigue<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">2012<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Estate Completed Edition of 290<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Approximate size, 40 x 28 inches<\/div>\n<div>(#s 225-290 Estate stamped)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17739,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[41,60],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17738","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-estate-stamped-blue-dog-prints","7":"product_cat-estate-stamped-prints","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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