Artist: George Rodrigue
Title: You Can't Drown the Blues
Medium: Silkscreen print with mixed media frame
Dimensions: 39" x 32"
This piece is framed
This piece is signed by artist George Rodrigue and musician Randy Newman
Includes a certificate of authenticity
You Can't Drown the Blues was originally created by artist George Rodrigue to raise funds to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Rodrigue's Blue Dog prints raised over $2.5 million in this relief effort. The print featured here includes the signature of the artist as well as musician Randy Newman. The frame is hand-painted in acrylic by artist Christy Works-Boutee.
Artist bio: George Rodrigue (1944 - 2013) Born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana, artist George Rodrigue was best known for his Blue Dog paintings, which catapulted him to worldwide fame in the early 1990s. His art studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette followed by the Art Center College of Design then in Los Angeles, California, gave him a foundation that spawned one of the greatest success stories in Southern art. Rodrigue, who began painting in the third grade while bedridden with polio, had already won local acclaim for his rich portrayals of the landscape and people of South Louisiana when Blue Dog transformed the image of the original Cajun werewolf dog – the loupgarou – into an international pop icon.
With songs that run the gamut from heartbreaking to satirical and a host of unforgettable film scores, Randy Newman has used his many talents to create musical masterpieces widely recognized by generations of audiences. After starting his songwriting career as a teenager, Newman launched into recording as a singer and pianist in 1968 with his self-titled album Randy Newman. Throughout the 1970s he released several other acclaimed albums such as: 12 Songs, Sail Away, and Good Old Boys. In addition to his solo recordings and regular international touring, Newman began composing and scoring for films in the 1980s. The list of movies he has worked on since then includes The Natural, Awakenings, Ragtime, all three Toy Story pictures, Seabiscuit, James and the Giant Peach, A Bug’s Life, and most recently, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc. (which he also scored). Randy Newman’s many honors include six Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.