“Susan” (after recently discovered Klimt) (2025). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 36″x24″ A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, that was believed lost for 100 years, has been found in Vienna. A Portrait of Fraulein Lieser once belonged to a Jewish family in Austria and was last seen in public in 1925. Its fate after that is unclear but the...
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“Self Portrait” (after Rembrandt self-portrait dated 1690) (2025). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 24″x24″ Self-portrait modeled after Rembrandt’s 1690 self-portrait that hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He is credited with an unsparing depiction of the signs of aging in his own face, building up the paint in high relief to...
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“Susan with Rock” (2025). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 24″x24″ AI inspired composition using Midjourney and prompt “A painting in the style of American primitive portraitist Ammi Phillips of a middle aged blond woman, dressed in 19th century garb, holding a rock in both hands, pastoral background reminiscent of an Andrew Wyeth scene.”...
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“Cat and Sparrow” after “In the Shadow” by Diane Hoeptner. (2025). Louis Cooper. Oil on panel. 12″x12″ Mastercopy of Diane Hoeptner’s “In the Shadow.” Executed as a quick alla prima wet on wet sketch in oils
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“Can Coon” (2024). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 24″x24″ One of the raccoons that lives under the deck of our house in Stockbridge, MA got his left arm stuck in a soda or beer can and can’t get it off. He hobbles around with his new peg leg. We were worried about his survival but he seems to be doing OK and the other raccoons don’t give...
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“Feeling Blue” (2024). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 24″x24″ Another portrait of Susan, composed using the assistance of Midjourney generative AI and Insight FaceSwap to substitute Susan’s features.
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