All published images from the photo series, The Once Smokey Life of Leonard Cohen, can be viewed at Leonard Cohen – The Smokey Life. Also see Leonard Cohen – From Marlboro Man To Anti-smoking Troubadour.

Profile: Illustrator, designer, Photographer and former professor of advanced Photoshop at the University of Barcelona ... Muuuuchos has worked for years in various design studios and advertising agencies. What Paul of Tarsus Damascus Road epiphany in the middle tube of the first decade of the millennium and devoted himself to think only when you paid for it. He likes to get lost in the woods, reading comics, science fiction and countless styles of music. Friend of his friends, afraid 95% of the programming of television channels.

This acrylic painting of Leonard Cohen, labeled "Old Ideas - With His Godin Multiac Guitar" immediately grabbed my attention, prompting me to contact the artist, John Froehlich, to arrange to post it here. (And, yes, the title of this post should be "Leonard Cohen As Painted By John Froehlich," but once a paradigm has been established, ... )

This excerpt is from the artist's web site:

Hello, my name is John Froehlich, a professionally trained & schooled full-time artist. My work has been shown & collected internationally. Proudly a Jersey shore resident now, I was born and raised in Manhattan, where for many years, I have seen and drawn many of the Jazz & Blues greats, up close & personal, at such venues as the Village Vanguard, The Blue Note, and Birdland

Because John was good enough to allow this piece to be posted here, I should mention that anyone interesting in purchasing his work can contact him through his web site.

Bonus: Chuck Berry by John Froehlich

Illustration by Andrew Gibson. From the artist's profile:

I am a freelance artist and illustrator based in Suffolk. I am available for all types of commissions. My personal style is developed through a process of traditional pencil drawings, sampled textures and digital colouring.

I did this illustration of Leonard Cohen back in January and it's clearly not the best portrait of the series but I thought I'd post it anyway. The position of his mouth and shape of his head are well wrong - I daren't show my mum this one - she'll have a field day.

Found at Matt Pringle

Found at the New Yorker (February 23, 2009) accompanying the announcement of  Leonard Cohen performing his first U.S. show in fifteen years, at the Beacon Theatre.

From Leonard Cohen Returns, And This Time It’s Personal by Lucas Jensen (Idolator, Jan 14 2009):

In college, we used to while away the hours making up fake Leonard Cohen stories based on the awesome stories he wrote in the liner notes of his Best Of…: “I am in the wrong. I am with the wrong woman.”

“It was a muggy Wednesday, as Wednesdays usually are. She sat next to me in a Sudanese flophouse, scraping the mud, blonde hair, and blood from her boots. Mascara ran a river down her face. Last night was a blur, but Tuesday nights usually are.”

It’s fun and easy! My friend, gorjus, of PrettyFakes.com, made a comic strip called “Ask Leonard Cohen” that still makes me laugh, years later.

Comic strip posted July 12th, 2004