Lou Benesch

Biography
Portrait of artist Lou Benesch in her studio

France based artist and illustrator Lou Benesch grew her artistic practice from a foundation of blending cultures, after spending her childhood between France and America. Inspired by her adoration for nature and folk tales, Lou’s creations are an enchanted mix of plants, animals, anatomy, and mythological creatures. The vivid water-coloured surreal compositions give an insight into her mystical imagination, expressing the duality of universal themes and personal ideas of the world. With images coming to her almost as visions and an indescribable pull to record them, the uniqueness of her art speaks to the instinctual process in which they are formed.

 

Lou’s work has been showcased throughout the world, with shows in the United States and Europe. Her mythical and visionary artwork was brought to life in pieces of fashion through collaborations with Australian brand Alemais and French department store Printemps Haussmann. Blending her love of music and literature with her creations, Lou has crafted pieces to adorn the world of musicians Wolf Alice and Khruangbin, as well as the cover of the New York Times Book Review.

Works
  • A white washy painting of a fox on its hind legs. The negative space is black with 4 different geometric designs dispersed across the image.
    A Game of Life, 2026
  • A folkloric blue creature in motion with a large blooming pink flower grows out of the creature.
    Awake I, 2026
  • A folkloric white horned creature in motion with a large blooming blue and green flower grows out of the creature.
    Awake II, 2026
  • A painting of a deer with a large blue serpent that is pierced through the deers body. The serpent is elevated in the air, positioned in a circle, eating its own tail. A red drop of blood falls from the deers belly onto a small white flowering plant.
    Channel, 2026
  • A painting of a white, black spotted rabbit encircled by human eyes. Geometric green, pink, orange, and mustard shapes fill the negative space. 2 blue snakes are painted on the left and right side.
    Distant Chaos, 2026
  • Two fish creatures with human faces mirror each other, the one on the left has a blue body, the one on the right has a pink body.
    Eternal Love, 2026
  • A white beaded form resembling the skeleton of a tree, at the tip of each branch is an object: an egg, a flame, a red and blue horse, a shell, a blue door, and blue and red bird, an eye, a purple flower, an orange and white butterfly, and a hand palm-side up.
    Flowers, 2026
  • A folk-style painting of a horse with a large curled dragon emerging from the center of its body where a vessel of water exists. It seems the horse is on a stage as there are curtains framing the horse. 3 water drops fall into a gold goblet that sits beneath the horse.
    Keepers, 2026
  • two colorful birds holding a spiderweb that appears to be coming from a small golden egg
    Makers, 2026
  • A folkloric creature that resembles a woman combined with a bird and a mammal. Behind her is a green bed. 2 flowers grow by her, one at her front and one at her tail.
    Silence and Lullaby, 2026
  • A compass with four birds as each direction, they all meet at the center with their heads which creates a compass star.
    Spirit Compass, 2026
  • A folkloric magician figure with a large white wolf creature behind him, surrounded by blooming pomegranates in a mountain and water landscape
    The Magician's Room, 2026
  • framed watercolor and gouache painting by artist Lou Benesch depicting a narrow, elongated white dog, and a red flower on antique paper
    Ghost, 2025
  • Watercolor painting by Lou Benesch of a human bust that has a hollow stomach a creature hovering above a bed
    Dappled Dreamer, 2024
  • Lou Benesch - painting of folk art flower and lamb on antique nightgown
    Dusk, First Bloom, 2024
  • Lou Benesch - painting of deer on antique nightgown
    Tender Dawn, 2024
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