Mardi Gras Creole Cottage, Original Painting

Mardi Gras Creole Cottage, Original PaintingIn the South, a Creole Cottage is a type of vernacular architecture originating in the Gulf Coast. The style was a dominant house type along the central Gulf Coast from about 1790 to 1840 in the former settlements of French Louisiana in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Colorful Mardi Gras streamers and a wreath adorn the front porch. The home's full front porch, (probably from French Caribbean islands) and the high gabled roof running parallel to

which became the Mardi Gras celebration

prints on Photo Luster

Although New Orleans is certainly an urban area

constructed a house facing the Mississippi in what is now known as the Ninth Ward Holy Cross neighborhood

Anne Rice purchased the orphanage in 1993 and transformed it into a sprawling 55

Three dormers grace the roof

16”x20” I 8”x10" Prints

Originally built in 1816 as the home of the first Attorney General of Louisiana

which is what we see today

the painting celebrates the beauty of a well-loved home embraced by nature

Herbsaint is proud to be consistently included on the Times-Picayune’s annual list of New Orleans 10 Best Restaurants since the list began

The Royal Street entrance of Court of Two Sisters restaurant