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The Jean Lafitte Blacksmith Shop, now a bar on Bourbon Street, is a favorote subject for me, and many other artists. It is supposed to be the (or one of the) oldest barrooms in America. Stories tell of it being, prior to transformation to a bar, the pirate's blacksmith shop, and perhaps a place they stashed hidden booty from ships they pillaged. The building is also purported to be haunted.

This small (for me) painting, 16"x20", was begun as a demonstration for the Jefferson Art Guild. Painted predominately with painting knives, the demo was to show the use of unusual utensils as well as traditional paint applicators. I used spatulas, spoons, plastic cards, and pallete knives to apply the paint to the canvas. It was such a fun experiment.

The demonstration was only for an hour, so the painting was in its beginning stages when I stopped.

Six months later I brought it out to complete it.

I was enthralled by aqua and peach sunrises observed in early Spring this...

Louisiana born artist Beverly Boulet began art studies at age four, and, luckily, had art classes all through elementary and high school, plus Summer art camps. She studied fashion design at West Virginia University, and continued her art education with workshops by noted portrait artists, including John Howard Sanden, Daniel Greene, and Foster Caddell. Ms. Boulet began painting murals and portraits in the early 1970�s at the Maryland and New Jersey beaches, and continued to do so upon returning to New Orleans in 1980. She has painted, literally, thousands of portraits in water media, pastel, and oils, which grace public and private collections internationally. She has, also, exhibited and garnered awards in group and juried shows,...