I paint from life. My work is based on direct observation and meditation through the interaction of space, light, and form. I paint the figure, still life, landscape, and abstract.

My work is rooted in the tradition of drawing and painting. I have studied with modern impressionists, modern figurative sculptors, and classical realists. I primarily studied with Auseklis Ozols, the director and founder of the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and master realist painter.

Others include: Nell Tilton, a well known abstract painter, Phil Sandusky, an impressionist painter, Jean Cassels, a famous illustrator since 1969, Victoria Ryan, a nationally known photographer, and Carol Peebles, a life figure instructor.

I began my training at the University of New Orleans majoring in Fine Arts. There I mastered basic principles and art theories. Following UNO, I attended the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts where for five years, I studied all artistic disciplines including figure drawing, figure painting, portraiture, still life, landscape, design, sculpting, and abstract.

I have shown at numerous galleries including the Garden District Gallery, The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, NOMA, The New Orleans World Trade Center, as well as many other private venues.

Private collections of my works are now housed across the US, and internationally in several countries including Norway, London, and Honduras.

– CARLOS LOPEZ