Trompe l’oeil

Examples of some of my previous Trompe l’oeil commissions.

Trompe l'oeil has been used to paint a Beano Comic, pencil, sketch book and some sweets on top of a school deck. Microscope painted trompe l'oeil to look like it is inside the bax when actually it is on top of the flat surface. Trompe l'oeil shelves. Again painted on a plain flat board but to look like they are real and have items placed on them. Another photo of the shelves but taken from a side angle to demonstraight the depth achived. Trompe l'oeil letters and photo layed out on the top of a writing desk. trompe l'oeil playing cards and manual painted to the top of a drawing / dining table. A chest painted using Trompe L'oeil to make it look like a house. Close up of the chest displaying the 'bay' window into which i used the chest's front bead to make up the window frame. The left side of the chest. I added a person and thier dog just to bring more life into it. This shows the detail of the top of the chest. Note the cat creeping along the tiles! A dressing table decorated with a magazine to the top and some creatures to the front. Photo close-up of the fruit pieces painted on top of the dresser. Close up to show the detail of the magazine on top of the dressing table. A detailed photo of the butterfly, to be found on the front of the dresser. One of the lizards. This one is sitting next to the mirror. Another of the lizards. This one is keeping an eye on the butterfly. Photo taken higher up so you can see the items better.

Trompe l’oeil is a painting technique, sometimes called illusionism, which imitates reality.

It involves painting extremely realistic imagery onto a surface in order to create an optical illusion that the depicted object really exists, instead of being a two dimensional painting.

The word "Trompe L'oeil" is French and translates to “Trick of the Eye”. I like to see it as painting your imagination – this for me has an enormous potential for artistic expression and fun.

Quote from Wikipedia:

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