Openings: Travis Louie – “Portrait Of A Young Monster”

Last Friday, Travis Louie’s (interviewed) opened his show “Portrait Of A Young Monster” at Roq La Rue.  There were a total of eight paintings with the largest being “The Ghost Of Abigail” at 31″ x 19″ (above).

So what is behind his paintings of “monsters” and misfits on the outskirts of normalcy? We think a particularly insightful answer to this question posed by our friend Commandax to Travis describes perfectly what his work is about: “Mistaken identity… being judged solely on one’s appearance… racism. The characters in my paintings are – or can easily be – misunderstood. They are, for the most part, kind and affable – just trying to get by, like anyone else. I try to keep it light and maybe humorous.”

Read the rest of the interview here as well as take a look at some opening pics after the jump…

Travis with Kirsten Anderson

Mike Leavitt and Travis

Robert Hardgrave with Chris Crites and wife Natania

Photos courtesy of Kirsten Anderson.
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