About

Clad in the waistcoats and high neck bodices of a bygone era, Travis Louie's human, animal and in-between subjects co-exist in an alternate past. Referencing Victorian and Edwardian-era clothing, utilizing vintage style picture framing, and skillfully mimicking in paint and graphite the aesthetic of early portrait photography processes, the artist creates a world that is familiar at first glance yet entirely foreign upon closer inspection.

Louie's surreal portrait-based practice is supplemented by the conception and documentation of elaborate and imaginative narratives written about …