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Biography Lou Heiser

Lou Heiser was born in Chicago, Illinois (1938) where he attended the Chicago Art Institute, and later studied oil painting at the University of Illinois while pursuing an architectural degree. He has had a long career of about thirty years in Chicago as an illustrator working for advertising agencies and studios, ultimately owning his own small studio. As an illustrator, Lou Heiser worked with a became friends with many illustrators that are currently considered to be some of the best fine artists in the country.

Lou Heiser, Peach Light, Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16"

Additionally, Lou Heiser has designed many residences mainly in the mid-west, with some scattered from Vermont to California, and Lou Heiser and his wife, Lynn, were featured in Country Living Magazine House of the Year 2000, with their first house in Leelanau County, Michigan.

Lou Heiser has painting studios is both Tucson, Arizona and Maple City, Michigan where he an Lynn divide their year.

Lou Heiser, Thimble Peak, Oil on Canvas, 16" x 20"

Artist Statement

When I was an illustrator, I worried that the clients would discover how much fun I was having, and refuse to pay the bill. Fortunately, that didn't happen, and illustration was a wonderful experience and training ground for my current landscape painting. Unencumbered by deadlines as an illustrator, oil painting offers many freedoms including a third dimension, that of texture and brushwork. While I enjoy painting on location for its teaching aspects, I prefer studio painting where less visual scenery forces more imagination and design.

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Lou Heiser, First Light Near Silver City, Oil on Canvas, 16" x 20"