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Travis Louie and his 19th century imaginary friends
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Creepy Portraits May 17, 2008 at 04:12
Reminiscent of wet plate photography from the Victorian era, Travis Louie's portraits have an unsual vintage quality. His monochromatic paintings feature imaginary mutant manimals and monsters posing like upperclass society types from the 19th century that very well could  have existed back in the day.

Whether they be a cyclops that lives beneath people's beds and smell like marchmellows or a monkey man servant who serves a blind aristocrat who recently returned from India, each of his characters have a story. His paintings are incredibly detailed and imaginitve and well worth a look.

check out some samples of his portraits to the right of this post and for more visit The Art of Travis Louie


Posted By: Luke Lucas
Tags: Art, Painting

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True Respect
Very odd and intriguing.

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:40:33 AM

True Senior Member
Karl the Humanzee has a striking resemblance to a guy who used to run Australia.... fuck what was his name???

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:11:11 PM

False Advanced Member
Freaking creepy...

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:46:25 PM

True Advanced Member
hmmmm

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:09:05 PM

True Senior Member
love the stories that accompany them

Mon, 19 May 2008 08:56:01 AM


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