The Ascending Stroke

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PLANTATION from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #plantation

COMMUNION

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #pelican

Yep! I played a lot of Frogger too. Bahaha!

Let It Burn For Black people, watching the Nottoway plantation go up in flames felt like witnessing a lie collapse under the weight of truth.

When Nottoway Plantation burned to the ground last week, artist Damien Davis felt something strange but familiar: relief — a kind of exhale he didn’t know he was holding.

NEST

graphite and watercolor on paper

8 5" x 11

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #Louisiana #Louisianaart #drawing #graphite #watercolor #abstraction #abstractart #egret

"Each time the populace shifts to accept a new norm, a new level of cruelty, a new outrage, the White House is further emboldened and the rules are reset. The deportations and renditions of innocent people without due process begins with migrants, but it will not end there."

ONAN

assemblage sculpture with an industrial pipe fitting, a metal framework, a wooden base, jute rope, epoxy, mud and acrylic paint

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #sculpture #assemblage #abstraction #nonobjectiveart #abstractart #Onan

AWAKENINGS from THE FLOATING WORLD SUITE

acrylic and newsprint on an antique, Acadian window

32" x 35"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #Louisiana #Louisianaart #egret #magnolia

AT PLAY WITHIN THE MAGNETIC FIELDS

acrylic and newsprint on an antique Acadian window

22.5" x 32.5"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart #magneticfields

Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

APPROACHING TOTALITY, DIALOGUE 6

acrylic and oil crayon on board

24" x 30"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart

FROM THE EDGE OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA

acrylic and enamel on board

48" x 48"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #visualart #contemporaryart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart

ZYDEC0 (FOR JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT) from THE LOUISIANA'S GREATEST ARTISTIC HITS (FROM AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE) SERIES

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #appropriation #homage #Jean-MichelBasquiat #Zydeco

PONTCHARTRAIN from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisianaart #Louisiana #LakePontchartrain

REFLECTION

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisianaart #Louisiana #egret

PROTECTION

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #pelican

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Thanx, Hoss! Back atcha!

"In 72 hours, I have to fill 667 Mother's Day orders, meet with two separate bridezillas, get a bikini wax, oversee the Wilton Manners PRIDE board meeting, AND I haven't been boned in a dumpster for months! Plus, I'm out of vodka, Xanax and crawdads! I'm on the edge of a nervous breakdown, Mary!"

POINT OF PRIDE

watercolor and graphite on paper

8.5" x 11"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #watercolor #drawing #Louisiana #Louisianaart #egret

JANUS

assemblage sculpture with a wooden chair, an antique, Acadian window, lumber, a tree branch, a metal bolt, and candle, acrylic and soil

34" x 24" x 66"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #sculpture #assemblage #abstraction #Janus

ABUNDANCE from THE FLOATING WORLD SERIES

acrylic and newsprint on an antique Acadian window

32" x 30.5"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #Louisiana #Louisianaart #egret #magnolia

THE GENESIS OF FORM AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

acrylic and newsprint on an antique Acadian window

42" x 38"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart

I BLEW-UP YOUR BODY, BUT YOU BLEW MY MIND

acrylic and charcoal on board

48" x 48"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contempoaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart #RoxyMusic #InEveryDreamHomeAHeartache

APPROACHING TOTALITY, DIALOGUE 5

acrylic and oil crayon on board

24" x 28"

Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart

Weirdo present and ready for duty, Sir!

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INFINITY GRAVEYARD (FOR YAYOI KUSAMA) from THE LOUISIANA'S GREATEST ARTISTIC HITS (FROM AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE) SERIES

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #YayoiKusuma #graveyard #appropriation

ST. CHARLES AVENUE MANSION from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION

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Reggie Michael Rodrigue

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalimage #digitalart #Louisiana #Louisianaart #StCharlesAvenue #NewOrleans