Once Upon a Bayou: A 60-year Retrospective
LSU Rural Life Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2013
This landmark exhibit included more than 70 pieces of
art. Works were grouped to represent six themes: Music;
Doing the Work; Land of Dreams; Mothering; Rituals and
Religion; and Folk Housing. The Gathering, a large
oil painting, was the centerpiece of the exhibit.
Once Upon a Bayou also featured some of the
earliest examples of Chestee’s work in her signature medium,
polychromatic bas-relief, which were created in the late
1960s.
![Attakapas Morning by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/Attakapas-Morning-gallery.jpg)
Attakapas Morning
15" x 20"oil on linen
1982
![Les Haricots Sont pas Salés by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/zydeco-les-haricots-sont-pas-sales-gallery.jpg)
Les Haricots Sont pas Salés
21" x 14"polychromed wood printing block
1999
![Louisiana Christmas Eve by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/louisiana-christmas-eve-gallery.jpg)
Louisiana Christmas Eve
20" x 24"oil on linen
2007
![Once Upon a Bayou exhibit installation by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/LSU-exhibit-overview-gallery.jpg)
Once Upon a Bayou exhibit installation
LSU Rural Life MuseumBaton Rouge, Louisiana
2013
![The Gathering by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/The-Gathering-gallery.jpg)
The Gathering
48" x 96"oil on linen
from the L'Esprit de La Louisiane series
1999
![Tote'n by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/Tote-n-gallery.jpg)
Tote'n
16" x 9"mixed media drawing
1992
![Voodoo Cabin by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/Voo-Doo-Cabin-gallery.jpg)
Voodoo Cabin
22" x 26"wood polychromatic bas-relief
1969
![Watermelon Time by Chestee Harrington](../Gallery/watermelon-time-gallery.jpg)
Watermelon Time
8" x 12"oil on wood
1984