Breaux Bridge, LA (app. 7,500 friendly folks) was named one of the coolest small towns in America in 2009. Budget Travel magazine (one of my favorites) and Yahoo Travel both ran the story featuring the well-known highlights Cafe des Amis (try the grilled shrimp croissant sandwich) and Lucullus Antiques (a must for fabulous high-end antiques shopping). Clearly the travel writers didn't browse Rue du Pont Galerie et Studio or meet Lue Svendson, extraordinarily talented (and charming) artist and landscape architect, while making the rounds in the cute village. Or maybe they were just too full and too tired from dancing at the Zydeco brunch at Cafe des Amis which is directly across the street from the gallery. Lue is cooler than cool and no fool when it comes to choosing the location of a business.
In a lovely circa 1850 cottage on Bridge Street in downtown Breaux Bridge, the doors of Rue du Pont Galerie et Studio were opened wide in November 2008. Since then, Lue has assembled an impressive group of artists that show in the eclectic (something for everyone, another smart element of a business plan) gallery. From abstract to realism, painting to photography, oil and acrylic, it is all at Rue du (my affectionate and much easier to say name).
Of the artists currently displaying their works at Rue du, seven will be among the 61 artists showing their work at the Big Easel in Lafayette, LA, on Saturday, May 8th. The pieces below are for sale now at Rue du and these are my curator picks for what to run to Breaux Bridge to purchase...fast, because any given Saturday will find Breaux Bridge hopping and those with a nose for the good stuff always pop into Rue du to snatch up a little something to take home with them!
Lue Svendson
Bright Blue Harbor
Oil on Board
6" x 12"
$180.00
Erin Chance Fenstermaker
Architectural Landscape
Oil on Canvas
26" x 26"
$400.00, framed
Mallory Page Chastant
Marsh Series
Acrylic on Wood
12" x 24"
$450.00
Caroline Chunn McCarthy
Don't Throw Them Away
Oil on Canvas
18" x 24"
$650.00
Hope Hebert
Late Winter Color I
Acrylic on Canvas
16" x 20"
$425.00
Hannah Lane
Green Grass Bird Bath
Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 36"
$650.00
Julie Breaux
Three Red Pots
Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 36"
$725.00
After you purchase some great art, head around the corner to The Coffee Break for a pick me up to keep the enjoyment going...then pop into the above referenced Lucullus Antiques (www.lucullusantiques.com) and Lagniappe Antiques (www.breauxbridgeantiques.com), a groovy antiques market in an old car dealership....
Enjoy Breaux Bridge! and see you at The Big Easel on Saturday May 8th, 10 am-5 pm, Town Square, River Ranch, Lafayette, LA.
Rue Du Pont Galerie et Studio
123 E. Bridge Street
Breaux Bridge, LA
337.332.2113
337.344.9207
open Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday
(call first..it is Breaux Bridge where things are a little bit more laid back!)
lue@luesvendson.com
www.luesvendson.com
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