About George Graham

George has lived in South Louisiana all of his life. He is curious by nature and a storyteller by heart. Through his long career in advertising to his writing, photography, painting, and publishing, he has chosen to express himself through words and images. His award-winning ad agency, Graham Group, provides the foundation for him to explore artistic paths that he is passionate about.

In 2013, he launched the food blog Acadiana Table: George Graham’s Stories of Louisiana Cooking, which was named a finalist for Best Food Blog: Regional Cuisine in Saveur magazine’s 2014 Best Food Blog Awards and also for Best Food Blog in the 2015 IACP Digital Media Awards. That led to the publishing of two best-selling cookbooks, his 320-page collection of stories and recipes Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana, published by Harvard Common Press, and the follow-up in 2020 with Fresh From Louisiana: The Soul of Cajun and Creole Home Cooking.

His food photography has been featured regionally and nationally in magazines and presented at a major exhibit, Feast for the Eyes, in 2018 at the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum in Baton Rouge, LA.

In 2016, George was named a finalist in the Southern Writers Magazine BEST SHORT STORIES for his fictional work, The Blue Ribbon Pies of Magnolia County. In 2021, George was named a finalist in the annual Big Apple Film Festival screenplay competition in New York City. His script for Gardenias In The Darkness, adapted from his novel with the same title, is a fictional drama set in a small town in Georgia during the 1960s. The script beat out entries from across the country to make the final round of judging.

Several years ago, George’s creative passions deviated from traditional paint on canvas to assemblage, a complex, mixed-media style combining paint and sculpture. George calls his art “CuriousArt,” which reflects his sense of exploring new perspectives of what art can be.