"School of Idaho"

While living in the Northwest, Lou has theorized about a "School of Idaho", a Neo-Regional art movement whose members would include friends Ryan Babcock, Mick Lowenthal, Gary Brietenstein, and Martin Vest. Together, their work has recently been reviewed as such; "Capitalizing on a widespread curiosity of Idaho, a land of haunting isolation and a separatist spirit, this group of emerging Idaho artists offers us a darker vision of American life, and an unusual 'Twilight Aesthetic' that focuses on documenting not merely places in the state - but a state of mind. Embracing painting and the 'deep image' as a major means of expression, they eschew many modern tendencies... MORE >>