Cosmic Theater © 2013 Louis James Braquet III Media: water-soluble oils on canvas, 4 ft x 4 ft No reproduction of this material, in any form or medium, is permitted without express permission of the artist.

Louis James Braquet III is a 26-year-old native New Orleans artist working primarily in acrylic, oils, and ink. At the age of 3, he witnessed the appearance of a gorgon on his grandparents' farm in Hammond, La, and has been creating visual, literary, and musical art ever since this first experience of fear and self-awareness. He attended NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts). His influences are wide-ranging, including pre-historic cave art, ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Indian art, mythology, and religion, the Flemish masters, Italian Renaissance, Pre-Raphaelite, Surrealist, Cubist, and modernist thought and art.  He’s won numerous awards for his art, psychoanalytical writing, and poetry.