Hollywood Stars
Most folks have seen Casablancaso many times that, unless one happened to visit a theater in 1942, we don’t remember our first encounter with Rick and Ilsa. The film runs together as a nostalgic and...
View ArticleCajuns, The Book
By the mid-1970s George Rodrigue painted on average forty canvases per year, all scenes of Cajun folk-life stemming from his first painting with people, Aioli Dinner(1971), while incorporating the...
View ArticleBlue Dog, The Book
“To find her you must lose her. The Blue Dog knows the way.” –Blue Dog, 1994In March of 1992 journalist Bridget O’Brian interviewed George Rodrigue for an article, front page, center column, in The...
View ArticleKing Marion
For sixty-five years, the Krewe of Louisianians, comprised of the seven congressional districts of the State of Louisiana, has hosted a private Mardi Gras for 5,000 people in Washington, D.C. The...
View ArticleLife Lessons and an Art Contest
George Rodrigue entered two art contests in his life and failed at both. By ‘failed,’ I'm not talking about losses, but more significant that he was disqualified or learned a hard lesson about...
View ArticleRodrigue's Cajun Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras is not just about New Orleans. Cities like Mobile, AL, Galveston, TX and my hometown of Fort Walton Beach, FL also celebrate. In Louisiana, dozens of small towns host Mardi Gras parades...
View ArticleTee Teddie
At 4x3 feet, Tee Teddie is anything but tee. The painting, begun in 1995 and completed in 2013, first hung in Café Tee George, artist George Rodrigue’s original Lafayette restaurant, which was...
View ArticleThe Lost Painting
In this computer age, Rodrigue Studio retains detailed records of art purchases, occasionally borrowing paintings from collectors for public exhibition. However, prior to the late 1990s, records were...
View ArticleThe Big Picture
As a result of last summer’s sidetrack, George Rodrigue and I missed our annual time in Carmel, California, returning just this week for a year, maybe two, as we seek something still ill-defined. We...
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Painting
Oftentimes it takes others to point out our achievements. What starts off small and for oneself can become something else. George Rodrigue paints today with confidence, sure of both his brushstrokes...
View ArticleBlue Dog: A Life of Its Own
"Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not." - Robert HenriIt was in Hollywood, ironically, that George Rodrigue and I reflected recently on the Blue Dog in a new way....
View ArticleThe American Indian in Louisiana
As George Rodrigue and I explored ancient Indian mounds in northeast Louisiana, the sun in my eyes and warm, wind-blown hair in my face, I accidentally turned to an old page in my notebook covered with...
View ArticleThe Road
“What I like about the West,” said artist George Rodrigue last week as we navigated Houston rush hour traffic, “is that when you’re there, you’re by yourself.”I posted this comment on facebook, and...
View ArticleThe Silent West
“This cloud looks like a crawfish...” ...whispered artist George Rodrigue from the back door of our desert hideaway, speaking the first words from either of us in hours. Within this southern Utah...
View ArticleAmerica, Unexpected
Oftentimes I wince at the question, Where are you from?. Unless the person asking lives somewhere between Houston and Atlanta, they probably associate Florida with Disney World and Miami Beach--- nice...
View ArticleLooking for a Beach House
George Rodrigue’s first print of 2013 breaks new ground for the artist. Partial to silkscreens for his Blue Dog designs, he ventures instead into complex lithography, channeling printmaking giants of...
View ArticleDance with Me, George!
“What do you do here?”….asked George Jones of George Rodrigue at a Lafayette, Louisiana Mercedes dealership, as Jones shopped a new car and Rodrigue awaited repairs on his 1978 diesel station...
View ArticleArts and Education: A TEDx Talk by Jacques Rodrigue
Guest blog entry by Jacques Rodrigue, George Rodrigue’s son. He currently serves as House Counsel for Rodrigue Studio and Executive Director of the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts. He is a...
View ArticleSacred Stones
While walking on Carmel Beach last week, I stashed, a bit guiltily, in my sweater pocket, a stone. It was cool and smooth and felt good in my hand, as I did what I always do when faced with a vista:...
View ArticleFlower Power
"I always feel like I'm starting over, every day." -artist Darren Vigil-Gray-In Carmel Valley, George Rodrigue and I live surrounded by flowers. Annuals flourish here, and for the first time in years,...
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