Deanna Larmeu (b.1980 Metairie, LA) was raised while often fishing or crabbing on Bayou Bienvenu. Previously schooled in New Orleans she Is an M.F.A. candidate in Painting at Savanah College of Art and Design expected to graduate in 2023. She also has a B.F.A and B.S. from Louisiana State University. She has exhibited in group exhibitions in Baton Rouge, her work has been selected as the Corpus Delecti Podcast Design and has been appointed as the sole Portrait painter for the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus. Her work is created with a variety of methods on a medium to large scale and displays an amalgamation of fantasy and horror or the wonderful and horrible. Currently, she is educating the youth in the arts since 2004 and is working within the community to spread joy despite the cancellation of Mardi Gras by creating pieces for the Krewe of House Floats.