 In Lou’s case, the most remarkable aspect of his journey is the dark and savage beauty of the art which he has created as part of his recovery programme from addiction. More brutally rips open the door to reveal pain, suffering, depravity and craving.
Much has been spoken about artists who suffer for their art – the truth about Lou is that he did no such thing.
He suffered. Only then did he become an artist.
It was to take over thirty years of addiction for Lou to ‘discover’ art, and to begin the road to salvation through it. No training. No prior interest in art beyond manic and nervous doodlings. No inkling at all that such a potent means of expression remained latent within him until he was encouraged to use art as a form of therapy at a Rehabilitation Center in America in 2003.
Since that time Lou has transferred his addictive personality to creation rather than destruction, and his art has been a major part in him finding self worth in his recovery.
Categorising Lou’s work is not easy. Labels such as lowbrow, emotive, pop surrealist and grotesque spring to mind, but Lou’s work resists such titles. Lou trusts to instinct and paints what he feels.
Lou prefers the term raw to describe his oeuvre, predominantly working rapidly and in a stream of consciousness to capture his demons on canvas. Lou very rarely returns to his paintings to re-touch and only entitles works after he’s finished them.
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Charlie Lewis
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Size: 40.00" x 40.00"
Price: £495.00
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