My art has graced the covers of four cookbooks. These cookbooks have helped projects and organizations that I care about personaly. I am thrilled when my art can help someone else with a worthy cause.
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On The Steps Of My Childhood Home
Spring Arts Festival
Cookbook to benfit the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, Inc.
The History of Sports and Recreation of Webster Parish
The largest piece I have done
This is me playing Ada Jack Carver Snell. Click On The Picture To Learn More About Ghost Walk
Memories on canvas by Minden, Louisiana native Cora Lou Brown Robinson
The Artist
On The Steps Of My Childhood Home
About The Artist
Known to most simply as “Cora Lou", this Minden native and resident is recognized for not only her talents as a professional folk artist but also as a teacher, wife, mother, grandmother and true product of a deep -rooted Minden family. Born in 1935 to Ed and Celeste Sibley Brown, Cora Lou has two siblings--one brother, Ed Brown and one sister, Mary Celeste Powers. Cora Lou is married to Ronald Robinson. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
Her childhood was what she calls “picture perfect.". She played from morning ’til night with the neighborhood children. Their lives followed a pattern. During the week they went to school, and each Saturday morning they listened to “Let’s Pretend” on the radio and that afternoon would walk to the “picture show” and then walk safely home. Each Sunday they went to Sunday school and then to church. She remembers the thrill of chasing lightning bugs at dusk while all the neighborhood parents sat outside and visited on their front porch. It was a simpler time in Minden, Louisiana, and for many of the people that grew up here.
Cora Lou Brown Robinson says her paintings are about “God and Country, Family, and Friends.” Many of her ideas for her paintings come from her childhood and all come from her heart. Her paintings have been featured all across the United States and no one appreciates her more than her hometown and what she does for them by creating their memories on canvas.
Her childhood was what she calls “picture perfect.". She played from morning ’til night with the neighborhood children. Their lives followed a pattern. During the week they went to school, and each Saturday morning they listened to “Let’s Pretend” on the radio and that afternoon would walk to the “picture show” and then walk safely home. Each Sunday they went to Sunday school and then to church. She remembers the thrill of chasing lightning bugs at dusk while all the neighborhood parents sat outside and visited on their front porch. It was a simpler time in Minden, Louisiana, and for many of the people that grew up here.
Cora Lou Brown Robinson says her paintings are about “God and Country, Family, and Friends.” Many of her ideas for her paintings come from her childhood and all come from her heart. Her paintings have been featured all across the United States and no one appreciates her more than her hometown and what she does for them by creating their memories on canvas.
My Visitors Far And Wide
Contact Information
To enlarge each photo please click on the picture.
To contact me please call me at 318-377-4371.
I don't check emails often so please call.
To order prints mail check to
Cora Lou Robinson
1204 Drake Drive
Minden, LA 71055
Be sure to include your name and shipping address. Please allow 5-7 days for shipping. Local and state taxes must be added where applicable.
Thank you for looking. Please check back for more updates.
No Art Work Is To Be Reproduced Without The Artist's Permission.
Cora Lou Brown Robinson owns the rights to reproduce all original art work as she sees fit.
To contact me please call me at 318-377-4371.
I don't check emails often so please call.
To order prints mail check to
Cora Lou Robinson
1204 Drake Drive
Minden, LA 71055
Be sure to include your name and shipping address. Please allow 5-7 days for shipping. Local and state taxes must be added where applicable.
Thank you for looking. Please check back for more updates.
No Art Work Is To Be Reproduced Without The Artist's Permission.
Cora Lou Brown Robinson owns the rights to reproduce all original art work as she sees fit.
Art For Sale
Spring Arts Festival
About Me
- Cora Lou Brown Robinson
- Minden, Louisiana, United States
- In the early 70s I began painting in the folk art style. Since then I have created more than 100 memories on canvas. I paint what I remember from growing up in a small town in North Louisiana. Life was simple and that is what my paintings reflect. Minden, Louisiana was a wonderful place to grow up in the early 40s and 50s. I hope you enjoy my work. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank for you looking and thank you for your interest.
"Taste Of Class Cookbook"
Cookbook to benfit the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, Inc.
Home Plate
The History of Sports and Recreation of Webster Parish
Cookbooks With Cora Lou Robinson Cover Art
ORDER YOUR COOKBOOKS NOW FOR ONLY $20
ADD $5.00 MORE AND WE CAN SHIP YOUR
ORDER RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR!
Make checks payable to
The Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, Inc.
P.O. Box 1094
Minden, La. 71058
Click on cookbook covers to learn more about the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum.
Give the gift of good food, history and some wonderful pictures this year. For $20 you can make someone smile with these wonderful books. Cover art by Folk artist Cora Lou Robinson with back cover bio. Lots of wonderful photos from the Bob Grambling Minden High Collection and many photos from the museum archives. The yellow book features the history of education in Webster Parish and the red book features the history of sports and recreation in the parish. Recipes are from Webster Parish graduates from many diffrent schools. Many of these recipes feature a short bio of the submitter.
ADD $5.00 MORE AND WE CAN SHIP YOUR
ORDER RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR!
Make checks payable to
The Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, Inc.
P.O. Box 1094
Minden, La. 71058
Click on cookbook covers to learn more about the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum.
Give the gift of good food, history and some wonderful pictures this year. For $20 you can make someone smile with these wonderful books. Cover art by Folk artist Cora Lou Robinson with back cover bio. Lots of wonderful photos from the Bob Grambling Minden High Collection and many photos from the museum archives. The yellow book features the history of education in Webster Parish and the red book features the history of sports and recreation in the parish. Recipes are from Webster Parish graduates from many diffrent schools. Many of these recipes feature a short bio of the submitter.
Minden 1940s
The largest piece I have done
This painting was commissioned by Minden Bank & Trust Company in 1984 to celebrate their 50th anniversary. It was used as the cover of their 1984 Annual Report that was sent to stockholders. The painting hung in the bank lobby until 2007. Minden Bank & Trust was bought by Regions Bank and Regions Bank donated the painting to the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum. Painting now hangs in the museum located at 116 Pearl Street in Minden, Louisiana.
As a fundraiser for the Dorcheat Museum you can now purchase a Giclee (canvas reproduction) in the same size as the original painting. Contact Schelley Brown at 318-377-3002 for information on this project. Cost is $300.
As a fundraiser for the Dorcheat Museum you can now purchase a Giclee (canvas reproduction) in the same size as the original painting. Contact Schelley Brown at 318-377-3002 for information on this project. Cost is $300.
Cora Lou Robinson Playing A Part In The Minden Cemetery Ghost Walk
This is me playing Ada Jack Carver Snell. Click On The Picture To Learn More About Ghost Walk
1 comment:
Mom, I just wanted you to know how much I admire you for your selflessness. Danny Thomas said: “All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.” With that in mind, you're the most successful person I know. Your life has been dedicated to children. Yours, mine, theirs, ours...children you've never met.Teaching them, sharing your knowledge of art, history, religion...You've spent countless hours giving yourself to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to help find a cure for childhood cancer. No wonder, many years ago, you won the Danny Thomas Award for your dedication and gift of time and effort. Not that you would ever think of it as a sacrifice...you wouldn't. But that's just you. Always giving for others. I wouldn't be the person I am today without you or Dad and I just want you to know that. I'm sure you know which one of yours is writing this. If not, it doesn't matter. All three of us feel the same way about you and Dad and the commitment you've made to us, instilled in us and there's no one else I'd rather be my Mother. I'm so proud of you and all you've accomplished in your life. Though it is hard walking in the shadow of such a wonderful person, I hope that I can live up to your legacy. I love you.
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