{"product_id":"the-blues-can-hide-a-bad-apple","title":"The Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, George Rodrigue painted \u003cem\u003eThe Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple\u003c\/em\u003e, a work that features three blue dogs and one red dog. Rodrigue began painting red dogs in 1990 to depict the blue dog’s alter ego or sly side. As the painting’s title suggests, here, the red dog represents the blue dog’s bad side. With a yellow background, the painting is made up mostly of primary colors. The blue dogs on either end of \u003cem\u003eThe Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple\u003c\/em\u003e are only partially visible. Rodrigue shows half of their faces, giving the viewer the sense that this line of dogs extends beyond what’s shown on the canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortly after creating the painting, Rodrigue turned the work into a lithograph print. Using a four-color process he typically used for his Cajun posters, Rodrigue produced an edition of prints of \u003cem\u003eThe Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple\u003c\/em\u003e in the early 1990s. However, as Rodrigue deepened his understanding of printmaking, he began making silkscreen prints, requiring skilled print-makers to create different screens to produce each color in a print. As printmaking technology advanced throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, Rodrigue’s prints could use a multi-color process, reflecting a level of detail and complexity once reserved only for his paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis release of \u003cem\u003eThe Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple\u003c\/em\u003e uses Rodrigue's preferred silkscreen process, resulting in a high-quality print featuring saturated colors rendered in a way that calls to mind the brushstrokes of an original painting. Done in an edition of 175, this 12 color silkscreen print of \u003cem\u003eThe Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple\u003c\/em\u003e features Rodrigue’s estate stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Price and availability subject to change without notice, sold unframed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll prints sold directly by the Rodrigue Estate are also accompanied with a certificate of authenticity indicating the number of the print purchased from the estate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56357629231270,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/1726\/0198\/files\/The-Blues-Can-Hide-a-Bad-Apple-digital-proof-web.webp?v=1775765549","url":"https:\/\/9jdgye-hn.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blues-can-hide-a-bad-apple","provider":"George Rodrigue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}