As soon as we determined the cover of our inaugural Money Issue should be fun, creative and iconic, we knew Paul Schexnayder had to be our artist. Paul has been a professional artist for more than 30 years, and his studio A&E Gallery is a mainstay for other artists and art-lovers throughout Acadiana. He is prolific, drawing every single day and producing hundreds of paintings, as well as his own line of products called happy cajun. He is also an award-winning children’s book writer and has three of them published with UL Press. His gallery, which he and wife Lee have owned for 11 years, showcases some of Paul’s work and features over a dozen local artist’s work, as well.