Gordon Collett Arts

Muralist, Painter of Trompe l’Oeils, Portraitist & Bookplate designer. Est.1995.

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Trompe l’oeil Murals, 1

Some of these paintings have come about as a way of making ungainly architectural features into something fun!

Garden Shed. Berkshire, Winter 2014/15. Installed February 2015.

Old Sweet Shop. Berkshire, Winter 2014/15. Installed February 2015.

Open all hours, loads of jokes in this one. Berkshire, Winter 2014/15. Installed February 2015.

The Pub. Berkshire, Winter 2014/15. Installed February 2015.

Mauroflage, acrylic on synthetic canvas.

Could be my grandmother's mantle from 1975!

The plan is to attach a real basket to the painted bicycle, to hold sweets and treats.

Buckinghamshire, 2012.

Buckinghamshire, 2012.

Buckinghamshire, 2012.

Buckinghamshire, 2012.

Buckinghamshire, 2012.

Buckinghamshire, 2012.

Oxfordshire, December 2011.

Oxfordshire, December 2011.

The elephant's tail is a handle

Oxfordshire, December 2011.

Used to hide an ugly cupboard side in a fun way. London, November 2009.

This is painted onto the door to a boiler room, at the back of a larder. Now there is a servant's stair (appropriate for a house of this age) instead of a plain door.

This is painted onto the door to a boiler room, at the back of a larder. Now there is a servant's stair (appropriate for a house of this age) instead of a plain door.

At on point the client ried to put her coffee cup down on the table!!

At a distance of 2.5 metres from the picture, it falls into realistic 3D, apparently occupying the space between the angle of the two panels. It is for sale, please email me for details.

At a distance of 2.5 metres from the picture, it falls into realistic 3D, apparently occupying the space between the angle of the two panels. It is for sale, please email me for details.

The style and composition were researched to be contemporary to the building's origin and its creator.

The details are all personal motifs.

The details are all personal motifs.

The details are all personal motifs.

The medium is acrylic on to emulsion on plaster. Completed December 2007.

The book titles were sourced on the internet, and are all puns. The photos show the owners.

The book titles were sourced on the internet, and are all puns.

This fake statuette matches a real piece of sculpture in the property. When viewed from its main vantage point the painting seems to come away from the walls and occupy a real space in the corner of a landing.

This fake door matches all the others in the property. When approached from its main vantage point it seems to feasibly lead to another room off the landing. Until one tries to grasp the handle. The door now helps an architectural incongruity take some shape. There is a landing left over from an idea to build a further flight up to a proposed attic room. Now it ends at a door way, to where? Maybe a guest room after dinner....

This mural was executed in oil-glazes over eggshell, on plaster walls. The work contains some of my

It is hard to appreciate the total effect from these photographs, but every scene in this mural, (which extends over two floors!) is designed so that if you are the same height as the owner, and enter rooms via predictable doorways, then all the painted scenes seamlessly join real views through the windows. The breakfast area murals of parterres are deliberately done to an

It is hard to appreciate the total effect from these photographs, but every scene in this mural, (which extends over two floors!) is designed so that if you are the same height as the owner, and enter rooms via predictable doorways, then all the painted scenes seamlessly join real views through the windows. The breakfast area murals of parterres are deliberately done to an

It is hard to appreciate the total effect from these photographs, but every scene in this mural, (which extends over two floors!) is designed so that if you are the same height as the owner, and enter rooms via predictable doorways, then all the painted scenes seamlessly join real views through the windows. The breakfast area murals of parterres are deliberately done to an

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