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This mask rider is having a joy ride as he brings in the big one to the community gumbo at the Courir de Mardi Gras.

When I was a young girl my grandparents raised chickens. The roosters often chased me around the farm. I often wished my grandfather would throw out a rooster for the Mardi Gras (participants) to catch instead of the sweet little hens who never bothered me. I also wished the horseback riders would leave one of their horses behind in appreciation for the larger bird so that I could have a horse of my own. Those wishes of my childhood are expressed in many of my Courier de Mardi Gras Paintings.

The Courir de Mardi Gras is the traditional festival of the Cajun and Creole people in a region of Louisiana refered to as Acadiana. It is traditionally held the day before Ash Wednesday, however a few smaller communities hold them the weekend before. Participants gather usually on horseback at a designated spot and go from home to home begging for ingredients for...

I am a Cajun-Creole grandmother who was raised in South Central Louisiana and I am trying to preserve my culture as well as the things I imagine. My Primitive Folk Art preserves the simple way of life that I love. I love my culture and the place where I live and I want to share it!! Watching over my father's shoulder is how I learned to paint. He did primitive folk art for local shops. I took several art classes in college as well as private lessons from some of Acadiana's finest artist beginning when my oldest child was in kindergarten. I learned several techniques and styles. I am now grandmother to ten grandchildren. I have been selling my folk art for almost as many years as I have been a mother. When capturing the culture of the...