It’s another day in New Orleans for Jacques Rodrigue. He’s getting Rodrigue Studios ready to open for the day — as he has done for many years. “I grew up in the studio,” Rodrigue says. “I used to help ...

The bedside clock registered 3 a.m. on the dot, and Wendy Rodrigue was wide-awake. She knew her husband, George Rodrigue, didn't have much time left in the world. He knew it, too. Which was why he was ...

The ghosts of George Rodrigue’s Acadiana childhood populate the pre-Blue Dog paintings that would one day bring him renown far beyond the bayou. The spectral depictions of friends, neighbors and ...