James Booker

Maharaja Booker

Posted on July 28, 2023 by gatorgirlart

Hi all y’all!

The last (for a while) Winny the Boxer painting is finished. After the six paintings are photographed, I am putting them in an old 6 pane window that we took out of our house. I don’t have anywhere to hang the window in our house right now, so if you have been looking into ordering a large painting, hit me up.

Just like the other 5 paintings, she is painted on canvas paper and glued onto the background. I downloaded the background from Canva using their free service. I have to change the quality of the print in Photoshop because it is the free version on Canva. It is a fun program. If I were doing more of this style, I would definitely subscribe.

Have a great rest of your day!

Gator Girl

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Cool Cat

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by gatorgirlart

Hi all y’all!

It’s a beautiful day here in New Orleans. Just a quick post to share the companion piece to James Booker. Cool Cat.

Cool Cat is 16 x 20 inches. I used the same color pallet as for James Booker, but went heavier on the reds and yellows.

James Booker is much larger at 30 x 40 inches.

Tonight is the opening for Art of Flavor at the Old No. 77. It is beautiful there. The Old No. 77 is a restaurant, bar, hotel and gallery. Where Y’Art and the Old No. 77 do a top-notch job putting it all together. Nina Compton, Chef at Compère Lapin and Abigail Gullo, bartender at Compère Lapin are curating. I’m excited.

Flamingo Madness and Counting Her Chickens were chosen to be in the show.

Counting Her Chickens as They Hatch

Loving all y’all,

Gator Girl

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Posted on January 4, 2018January 3, 2018 by gatorgirlart

Hi all y’all!

It’s very cold here. Cold for us. Because most of the houses are raised 3 or so feet when it freezes our pipes freeze and sometimes break. We keep a trickle of water running in our faucets and hoses. Sometimes the pipes still break.

This is my first large painting in the series New Orleans Musicians. I think I will paint six. The musicians will be close up and I am planning on putting their instrument somewhere in the painting. There might be a corresponding cool cat painting. We’ll see.

James Booker was one cool guy. You can watch a movie called Bayou Maharaja on Netflix. I think the movie has all the footage ever filmed of James Booker. I am not very musical, but even I can tell his piano playing is amazing.