I exhibit at a lot of art Festivals. Invariably someone will come up to my booth and compare my work to George Rodrigue. You know, the ‘Blue Dog” painter. I am usually caught off guard, because my reasons for painting my walking dogs, is vastly different from Rodrigue.
George Rodrigue (born 1944) began painting Cajun subjects around 1960. It was in 1984 when he painted illustrations for a book on Cajun ghost stories. Some years later realizing the ‘blue dog’ could transcend the original storybook he utilized his strong pop and abstract training in combination with the dog image and has never looked back.
Alas… the only similarity to my work and his however is the subject matter and maybe the mystery of the painted surface. When I started this series I was looking for something. In viewing the collection sometimes I feel like I am still looking, that each painting gives me the promise that I will find what I am looking for. My work is not about the dogs, but about the walk. Many of the pieces are derived from day dreaming.
George Rodrigue (born 1944) began painting Cajun subjects around 1960. It was in 1984 when he painted illustrations for a book on Cajun ghost stories. Some years later realizing the ‘blue dog’ could transcend the original storybook he utilized his strong pop and abstract training in combination with the dog image and has never looked back.
Alas… the only similarity to my work and his however is the subject matter and maybe the mystery of the painted surface. When I started this series I was looking for something. In viewing the collection sometimes I feel like I am still looking, that each painting gives me the promise that I will find what I am looking for. My work is not about the dogs, but about the walk. Many of the pieces are derived from day dreaming.
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