“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 family of the current owners have had the painting since the 1960s. I’ve always...
“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 convey his furrowed brow, the heavy pouches beneath his eyes, and his double chin. I have...
“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.” Insight Faceswap to insert Susan’s features. Painted in oil on canvas....
“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
“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 him a hard time. Susan wishes she could catch him and help him. Not sure that would...
“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.
“Mikko holding Susan” (2024). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 24″x24″ Generative AI image using Midjourney with prompt: /imagine: a portrait of a mature Dutch woman with thick blond hair in 19th century dress, holding a bobcat, oil painting, 19th century american folk art, detailed facial features, symmetrical eyes –chaos 25 –ar 4:5 Then face-swapped in Susan’s face using InsightFace. Replaced the AI generated cat...
I modeled this portrait after one created by Mary-Jane Ansell, which won her a BP Portrait Award. Swapped Susan’s face, into the original, and painted a master copy in a less photo-realistic style, emphasizing expressive brushwork and more chiaroscuro effects. Here are the original and my version side by side. I admire Ansell’s composition, lighting and patient attention to detail. I’ll need to work on that. I paint very quickly and...
Inspired by the portrait “Lotti” by Louis Smith. I borrowed his pose and sitter’s costume and swapped in Susan’s face. This worked nicely because of the similar features of Lotti and Susan. Susan much more beautiful of course. Painted Alla Prima. “Dreamer” (2024). Louis Cooper. Oil on wood panel. 24″x18″
A portrait of my sister Elisabeth. She works in the vegetable garden and healing plant garden at Camphill Village, Copake, NY. Her community also raises cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, etc…. She is a soulful one and very much in touch with nature. Hands in the Earth. But she hates to be called a Farmer. “I am not a Farmer! I am a Lover and a Healer!” “I am Not a Farmer” (2024). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas....
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“Contessa Zu” (2012). Louis Cooper. Oil on Canvas. 20″ x 16″. inspired by the portrait by Boticelli “Simonetta Vespucci” (1485). Sandro Botticelli. Oil
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