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Purveyor of fine art and queer snark. Gemini sun in the streets. Scorpio rising in the sheets.
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Step up! Stand out! Be PROUD! 🐻🌈🎉😃❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎🖤🩶🤍✌️💅

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PLANTATION from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION digital image dimensions variable Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #plantation

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COMMUNION digital image dimensions variable Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #pelican

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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.

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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

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"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."

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ONAN assemblage sculpture with an industrial pipe fitting, a metal framework, a wooden base, jute rope, epoxy, mud and acrylic paint dimensions variable Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #sculpture #assemblage #abstraction #nonobjectiveart #abstractart #Onan

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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

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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

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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.

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APPROACHING TOTALITY, DIALOGUE 6 acrylic and oil crayon on board 24" x 30" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart

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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

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ZYDEC0 (FOR JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT) from THE LOUISIANA'S GREATEST ARTISTIC HITS (FROM AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE) SERIES digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #appropriation #homage #Jean-MichelBasquiat #Zydeco

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PONTCHARTRAIN from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisianaart #Louisiana #LakePontchartrain

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REFLECTION digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisianaart #Louisiana #egret

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PROTECTION digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #pelican

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"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!"

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POINT OF PRIDE watercolor and graphite on paper 8.5" x 11" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #watercolor #drawing #Louisiana #Louisianaart #egret

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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

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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

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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

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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

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APPROACHING TOTALITY, DIALOGUE 5 acrylic and oil crayon on board 24" x 28" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #painting #abstraction #nonobjectiveart

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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 digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #YayoiKusuma #graveyard #appropriation

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ST. CHARLES AVENUE MANSION from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #visualart #digitalimage #digitalart #Louisiana #Louisianaart #StCharlesAvenue #NewOrleans

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DESCENT digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #digitalimage #digitalart #Louisiana #Louisianaart #egret

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SUSTENANCE digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #digitalart #digitalimage #pelican #Louisiana #Louisianaart

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🎶Reach out! Touch faith!🎶 🐻🤣🤘

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POISED watercolor and graphite on paper 8.5" x 11" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #drawing #watercolor #Louisianaart #Louisiana #egret

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HADES assemblage sculpture with distressed lumber, pitchfork, woodscrews, wire, acrylic, soil and epoxy 26" x 22.5" x 38" #art #fineart #contemporaryart #sculpture #assemblage #abstraction

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NOBILITY acrylic and newsprint on an antique Acadian window 29.25" x 32" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #painting #Louisiana #Louisianaart #abstraction #egret #window

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BABY, DID YOU FORGET TO TAKE YOUR MEDS? acrylic and newsprint on an antique Acadian window 28" x 34" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #painting #abstraction #window

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DARK MATTER EMANATING FROM THE REALMS OF ECSTASY acrylic, enamel, charcoal, graphite and tissue paper on board 48" x 48" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #painting #abstraction #mixedmedia #darkmatter #ecstasy

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APPROACHING TOTALITY, DIALOGUE 4 acrylic and oil crayon on board 66" x 48" Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #painting #abstraction

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TRIPLE EDWIN (FOR ANDY WARHOL) from THE LOUISIANA'S GREATEST ARTISTIC HITS (FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE) SERIES digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #AndyWarhol #GovernorEdwinEdwards #PopArt

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ALLIGATOR from THE LOUISIANAESTHETIC COLLECTION digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #alligator #abstraction

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SWELL digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #digitalart #digitalimage #Louisiana #Louisianaart #egret

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REVELATION digital image Reggie Michael Rodrigue #art #fineart #contemporaryart #Louisiana #Louisianaart #digitalart #digitalimage #pelican

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