I didn't know if I was doing right or wrong, but I was painting,' Clementine Hunter said in 1985. The first case against the couple, which grew out of two 1974 raids in New Orleans in which 22 ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. - Louisiana folk artist Clementine Hunter never imagined the humble “markings” she created on cardboard, canvas, and wood would one day sell at auctions for thousands of dollars.