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==Career==

==Career==

Looney launched his art career from his own  studio in Minden. In 1935, he moved to Baton Rouge to become the first head of the LSU Art Department. Over the years, he taught art in Sarasota,  [[Florida]], in a school-museum financed by the John Ringling circus family.<ref name=lahist/> There Looney taught [[Frank T. Norman]], the [[mayor]] of Minden from 1958 to 1966, who became the first student to register at the new Ringling School of Art.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742411-2,00.html |title=Ringling Day|publisher=''[[Time magazine]]''}}</ref> Looney taught painting in [[New York City]] for nine years. He  taught art in Weston,  [[Massachusetts]]; Bremerton, [[Washington]]; and[Greensboro, [[North Carolina]]. He spent his last years in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, the showcase for his [[Cajun]] works.<ref name=lahist/>​

Looney launched his art career from his own  studio in Minden. In 1935, he moved to Baton Rouge to become the first head of the LSU Art Department. Over the years, he taught art in Sarasota,  [[Florida]], in a school-museum financed by the John Ringling circus family.<ref name=lahist/> There Looney taught [[Frank T. Norman]], the [[mayor]] of Minden from 1958 to 1966, who became the first student to register at the new Ringling School of Art.<ref>"Rindling Day," ''[[Time magazine]],'' October 12, 1931.</ref> Looney taught painting in [[New York City]] for nine years. He  taught art in Weston,  [[Massachusetts]]; Bremerton, [[Washington]]; and[Greensboro, [[North Carolina]]. He spent his last years in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, the showcase for his [[Cajun]] works.<ref name=lahist/>​

 

Looney derived subject matter from forty-five of the fifty states as well as [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]. ''Ford Times,'' an in-house organ of the [Ford|Ford Motor Company]], published some forty-five of his paintings and articles. Another Looney painting is in the magazine of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Though Looney's published work was watercolor, most of his artistic talent was applied to oil or acrylic and is in private family collections. One of his popular oil paintings is titled, ''Downtown Baton Rouge, 1920." Between 1940 and 1970, Looney painted many plantation houses in Louisiana. He painted large oil murals for various dignitaries and clients, including Ford Motor Company.<ref name=lahist/>​

Looney derived subject matter from forty-five of the fifty states as well as [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]. ''Ford Times,'' an in-house organ of the [Ford|Ford Motor Company]], published some forty-five of his paintings and articles. Another Looney painting is in the magazine of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Though Looney's published work was watercolor, most of his artistic talent was applied to oil or acrylic and is in private family collections. One of his popular oil paintings is titled, ''Downtown Baton Rouge, 1920." Between 1940 and 1970, Looney painted many plantation houses in Louisiana. He painted large oil murals for various dignitaries and clients, including Ford Motor Company.<ref name=lahist/>​

 

 

Other works included the following: ''Beau Sejour," watercolors of Louisiana plantation houses; ''Drawings of the Vieux Carre," a look at [[New Orleans]] and the[French Quarter, with captions in [[English]] and [[France|French]]; ''Cajun Vignettes,'' short stories and poems; ''Looney Plants Grow Wild,'' paintings and satirical horticultural definitions. His work has been displayed at the LBJ Ranch in Gillespie County, [[Texas]].<ref>"Sibley native pens unusual book: His plants are 'Looney,'" ''Minden Press-Herald,'' November 30, 1978, p. 1.</ref>​

Other works included the following: ''Beau Sejour," watercolors of Louisiana plantation houses; ''Drawings of the Vieux Carre," a look at [[New Orleans]] and the[French Quarter, with captions in [[English]] and [[France|French]]; ''Cajun Vignettes,'' short stories and poems; ''Looney Plants Grow Wild,'' paintings and satirical horticultural definitions. His work has been displayed at the LBJ Ranch in Gillespie County, [[Texas]].<ref>"Sibley native pens unusual book: His plants are 'Looney,'" ''Minden Press-Herald,'' November 30, 1978, p. 1.</ref>​