Roq La Rue Gallery

Travis Louie
"The Ghost Of Abigail" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on board framed in vintage style ornate frame "On a Spring morning in 1875 Abigail Fitzsimmons was to be married to Walter O'Malley. The wedding was a dream-like wonder that required months of preparation. That day, she had a team of stylists working on her. They created a monument of hair that stood two feet off the top of her head. It was quite a thing to behold. As she stood in front of the mirror and admired their handiwork, one of the hairdressers came down with a case of the "bad hair". Though she stood only a few feet away, it wasn't a safe enough distance. She saw her mighty coif fell down like a house of cards. Her hair turned white and she stared at the mirror for what seemed like an eternity. She died from the shock. In 1895 a strain of bad hair swept through Wales. It is said that her ghost could be seen going from house to house. It seemed as if she were spreading the bad hair like a farmer planting seeds. People who saw the ghost of Abigail claimed that her hair changed from dark to white like a blinking light as she floated through the town." 31 x 19 SOLD	"Chauncey" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on board framed in ornate vintage oval frame with convex glass "During his days with the sideshow. Chauncey was also known as "the missing link" The question always remained, whether or not he was simply an anomaly or the last of a species. He was found in a market square in Sumatra by Dutch merchants in 1864. They were astonished that he walked like a man but was more or less built like a large Orangutan. He had one eye in the center of his head and an unusual aptitude for mimicking physical tasks. When street performers came through the market, he was able to learn their entire act, from juggling to acrobatics. The merchants who took him in, were not interested in science, they simply wanted to make as much money off of their discovery as possible. He was brought to New York to have a meeting with P T Barnum at his museum. The museum burned down in 1865 and Chauncey was sent to the sideshow circuit, which led him to London and the zoological society. There, he was finally classified as a mystery. He lived out the rest of his days on a farm in the English countryside." 20 x 14 SOLD	"The Letter" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on board framed in ornate vintage frame "Miss Scarlet found a letter on her kitchen table. It was from her beloved hedgehog, Smitty. He wrote, “I have escaped the tyranny of this household. Your constant taunting and abusive manipulation of the truth have forced me to find a more suitable place to live. Also, your insistence on poking me with your finger has grown tiresome. If I had not lost both my hands during the rat trap accident, I might have poked you back. I’m looking forward to a poke-free existence and not feeling completely emasculated every time words come out of your mouth. You're not a nice person. P. S. I hope your poking finger falls off! " 24 x 16 7500.00
"Mr. Griswald Speaks For The Fish" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on panel framed in ornate vintage oval frame with convex glass "His name was Griswald and he came out of the Hudson River to speak for the fish. No one knew exactly who or what he was. He spoke with an unusual gurgling voice and interrupted himself every third sentence with a loud bubble noise that seemed to come out of his ears. He often swatted flies with his tongue in mid sentence. He always mentioned the sturgeon. Following them, was a hobby of his. In 1893 at the Chicago World Exposition, he was seen trying to explain what effect the current phase of industrialization may have on the environment. The people weren't interested, so he went back to his sturgeon. He reappeared again during the John Scopes trial in 1925. After frightening local parishioners into believing in evolution he went back to the Hudson River." 18 x 11 SOLD	"The Strangler" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on board framed in ornate vintage frame "Molly wasn't always a strangler. She was once a wealthy aristocrat admired for hosting charitable functions every third week of every month. It was during one of those events that she was struck with the follicle malady known as the "bad hair". She went mad and her hands increased in size. Whenever anyone commented on her condition she would try and fight the urge to strangle them. She spread the malady by strangling people." 24 x 18 SOLD	"The Coachman and His Brother" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on board framed in an ornate vintage oval frame with convex glass "Eli Thorton was a tall coachman who worked for a great house in Kingston, New York in the 1870's. Although he was blind at birth he still managed to drive his wagon without incident. People would ask him how he could see where he was going and he would smile and say, "I don't need my eyes to see" He had another secret set of eyes helping him. It was his tiny fraternal twin brother, Roger, who hid in his hat and tapped the stop of his head to signal when to stop and when to go. A highway man attempting to rob Eli at one of his stops was surprised by his miniature partner, who pummeled him with a blackjack. At the jailhouse, no one believed the highway man's story about the little man that came from the hat." 20 x 16 SOLD
"Baxter's Floater" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on panel framed in an ornate vintage oval frame with convex glass (image is oval) "Like the "floaters" found in North Dakota, the North Eastern floaters appear during the harvest seasons from mid July to late Fall. They can be found from as far north as Maine and as far south as Georgia. They are sometimes called Baxter's Floater because they were first discovered levitating over Tom Baxter's farm in 1898. At night, they give off a bright glow and are sometimes confused with the moon. Late in the season they may reach sizes as large as 24" in diameter. During hot days they can usually be found in watermelon or pumpkin patches. When startled, they are known to kiss people full on the lips. This releases a toxin that causes drowsiness and mild hallucinations. It also turns the lips black." 15 x 10 4000.00	"Stan Struck By Lightning" Travis Louie graphite, acrylic on board framed in thick black vintage rounded rectangular frame with convex glass Stan was stuck by lightning. He lost all of his hair and half his weight (half a pound). The lightning strike caused a fire and he lost his lint pile. 14 x 9 4000.00
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