Images of Iberville -- A Family Tradition of Art (Page 4 of 8)

Images of Iberville Parish: Place Embodied in Art
Sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and the Iberville Parish Chamber of Commerce.

Adrian "Jet" Callais
Architect and Painter
Plaquemine, La.

The text on this page is the transcript of an oral interview. The interview has been edited and transcribed by the interviewer.

A Family Tradition of Art (Page 4 of 8)

Image of the Atchafalaya
Albert Callais

This picture with the large ostrich looking bird I imagine represents a lot of the things he saw in the Atchafalaya Basin as a young man. The palm trees, blood weed, the skies are kind of dark, also represent some of the things he remembered growing up.

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