 Aunt Renie, who has named her cat Picasso, would rather be a real artist in New Orleans than the owner of the Tara-like Southern estate where Tammy comes after her grandfather is jailed for making moonshine whiskey. Aunt Renie also plays the role of Tammy s fairy godmother who transforms her into a captivating belle who looks just like the portrait of an ancestress of this elite Southern family, an ancestress who walked barefoot from Virginia.