New Orleans Musician – Gator Girl Art

Good morning all y’all!

A Lil Wayne painting was a request from my lil daughter. He was fun to paint. I nailed the dreadlocks. I was anxious to get the face tattoos right, but then I didn’t have to worry because I wasn’t selling him.

Lil Wayne has a “C” tattooed above his eyes for his mom. I changed it to a “D” for Dom. I put a heart with mom on his forehead instead of signing the painting.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun and she loved her gift.

I normally would have chosen a black background to accentuate his dreads. I started covering the back with what was on my brush and I love the color. His teeth were ordered from Amazon and applied one by one with clear Gorilla Glue.

The painting is large, 30×40 inches. It is going in their music room.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a happy 2025,

Gator Girl

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.

I am historically terrible at following through on a series. I have three 30×40 inch canvases gessoed in black to encourage me.

Try to stay warm.

Best wishes for the New Year.

Gator Girl