The Duck Girl is a painting by Beverly Boulet which was uploaded on October 18th, 2009.
The Duck Girl
I saw Ruthie the first day I came to New Orleans; That's the duck girl! Later she was called the duck lady Everyone had stories about her: ducks... more
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Dimensions
20.000 x 16.000 inches
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Title
The Duck Girl
Artist
Beverly Boulet
Medium
Painting - Oil
Description
I saw Ruthie the first day I came to New Orleans; "That's the duck girl!" Later she was called "the duck lady" Everyone had stories about her: ducks followed her around; she'd been on "Johnny Carson"; some people knew her as a child; people stole her ducks (to protect them from being hit by cars) and took them to City Park. Over the years I accumulated my own Duck Lady stories. I don't smoke, but she'd always start conversatons with "got a cigarette?" She sat for several portraits.... some of which I gave to her. This oil painting is derived from a photo shoot when she posed in my chair with a stuffed duck; she had no live ones following her around at that time. She was quite a character, and New Orleans is a sadder place without her presence.
Uploaded
October 18th, 2009
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Comments (3)
Ted Hebbler
Hey Beverly!! good to hear from you.This one of Ruthie is beautiful!! You caught her about to say those 2 favorite words of her's which I can't repeat here.haha!!I still have a gash on my left shin when she kicked me with her cowboy boots years ago!!I miss her. I put Charlie in here on FAA with 4 paintings he did for me back in thearly 90's.Go check them out. I love all of your works..more please!! Spent the afternoon on Frenchmen St. yesterday.How bout dem Saints???
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