Classically trained painter Louisa Risch learnt to paint from a distance, using focus and impastos to celebrate beauty in nature. Alongside portrait painting, she loves to set-up still lives and paint them quickly in an ‘alla prima,’ impressionist technique. She also does ‘plein air’ paintings, six of which are on the walls at Soho House in Paris. She is based at Chelsea Studios in London.

‘My painting style switches between two polar opposites: for portraits, I am meticulous, and it takes time to get it right. I look to the Old Masters for painting techniques. For still lives and landscape painting, you have to work faster to catch the light –  the paint is applied faster and you have to think on your feet. However, in all my designs, I am looking at the passage of light – whether that's down a face, on a silver pot or where it catches the leaves on a tree.’ Busola Evans, The World of Interiors 2022

2017- Won best portrait at ‘Fresh Paint,’ an exhibition organised by Fine Art Commissions

Portrait shown in ‘Fresh Paint: Winners’ at Fine Art Commissions, Ryder Street

2018- Participated in a group show at Collingham Gardens, curated by Claudia Marquis.

2019- Commissioned by Sir Tim Berners-Lee to paint ‘Conway and Mary,’ a painting of his parents. Sir Tim was the second recipient of the Charleston EFG Keynes prize which entitled him to commission a piece.

Commissioned in aid of the Voorspruy Conservation Trust to paint a portrait

2020-Solo Show, ‘Nuance in Nature.’

2021- Featured on the Interiors index for World of Interiors.

Article by Lucy Cleland for Country and Townhouse, ‘Looking at You,’ on having her portrait painted by me.

2023- ‘Objects of Desire, an Exhibition of Fine Art and Jewellery.’ A series of still life paintings shown in collaboration with Blackacre, in association with Nyetimber