Travis Louie has created his own imaginary world that is grounded in Victorian and Edwardian times. The artist’s paintings come from drawings and many writings in his journals.
Louie, who was born in Queens and currently lives and works in Red Hook, NY, is inhabited by human oddities, mythical beings, and otherworldly characters. All of his characters are connected by their unusual circumstances that shape who they were in society, for example, a man cursed by a goat, a strange furry being is discovered sleeping in a hedge, a man overcomes his phobia of spiders and dozens more.
Louie uses acrylic paint washes and simple textures on smooth boards to create realistic portraits from an alternative universe that seemingly may or may not have existed. His cover image, “Jeff and Jim” and the painting, “Herman and his spider friend with a bat” are two of the many paintings and artworks in Louie’s expansive and endearingly spooky collection.
For more on Louie’s artwork, visit www.travislouieart.com.
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