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trompe l'oeil rooms

The Nurses' Stations, part two.
Two trompe l’œil rooms.
painted for a Dementia care home.
Berkshire, installed February 2015.

The Nurses' Stations.
Two trompe l’œil rooms.
painted for a Dementia care home.
Berkshire, installed December 2014.

trompe l'oeil rooms

[trompe l’œil panels]

A couple of trompe l’œil panels.
Made for a Dementia care home.
Berkshire, March 2014.

A ceiling mural.
Birds from around the local riverside in flight in an orangery.
Berkshire, January 2014.

A ceiling mural with birds

[trompe l’œil bookcase]

A trompe l’œil bookcase.
Made to disguise a cupboard.
Berkshire, March 2013.

A trompe l’œil garden mural
Studio painted panels installed in a summer house.
Buckinghamshire, September 2012.

Garden Mural

[trompe l’œil bookcase]

A trompe l’œil bookcase.
Made to disguise a door.
Oxfordshire, December 2011.
With client feedback.

Trompe l’œil doorway to a Mediterranean beach.
Acrylics onto a panel. 250cms x 60 cms.
Fulham, November 2009.
With client feedback.

[fantasy trompe l’œil doorway]

[Battle Library, Reading]

Battle Library, Reading, Berkshire
children's area wildlife murals
Panels in studio, May 2009.
With client feedback.

Trompe l’œil staircase.
acrylics onto a door.
April 2009.

[trompe l’œil staircase]

[small grisaille sealife paintings]

Small grisaille sealife paintings.
Some for sale.
In studio, October 2008.

Van Gogh Sunflower 3D "pop-up"
A show piece for the 2008 Windsor Contemporary Art Fair.
In studio, September 2008.

[Van Gogh Sunflower 3D pop-up]

 

[trompe l’œil niche with marble statuette]

Trompe l’œil niche with marble statuette.
Shown at the 2008 Windsor Contemporary Art Fair. It is painted on thin synthetic "canvas" mural medium for pasting-up like wallpaper.
In studio, June 2008.

Trompe l’œil ceiling
Essex, September 2007.

[Trompe l’œil ceiling]

[trompe l’œil alcove library]

Trompe l’œil alcove library.
To match an existing arch window, I made a recessed bookcase.
Surrey, December 2007.

Trompe l’œil stone arch
Surrey, October 2007.

[Trompe l’œil stone arch]

[trompe l’œil wall aperture]

"trompe l’œil wall aperture"
Now there is a Bahaman scene in a small cloakroom.
Surrey, September 2007.

Grisaille Architectural and trompe features.

Grisaille architecture and trompe features

[trompe l’œil door]

"trompe l’œil door"
Making use of a dead end on a landing.
Surrey, July 2007.

Trompe l’œil corridor
Surrey, July 2007.

[Trompe l’œil corridor]

[pop-up trompe l’œil]

"Bronze Ballerina figure on a stand"
a 3D "pop-up" effect trompe l’œil in a corner.
Surrey, June 2007.

Frog Jazz Quartet cut-outs and background
Surrey, June 2007.

[Jazz frogs cut-outs and background]

[Sky ceiling]

Cloudy afternoon sky ceiling. London.
November 2006.

A full scale sunken Atlantis fantasy trompe l’œil. Proposal drawings of theme for a large basement swimming pool room. London.
Drawn June 2006.

[large scale sunken Atlantis fantasy trompe l'oeil]

[Kitchen mural, Arkley, Hertfordshire]

Garden mural with "pop-up" trompe l’œil sunflowers; for private client,
Arkley, Hertfordshire.
Completed April 2006.
With client feedback.

A large scale quodlibet* trompe l’œil, all things to do with an international seed production company's history and future.
Finished March 2006.

[large scale assembled object trompe l'oeil]

Torreblanca Del Sol, May 2002.

Exterior mural and traditional trompe plants, Torreblanca del Sol, Spain, May 2002.

Landscape and garden views
on ceramic tiles using caustic primer.
With trompe l’œil 3D features.

Cannes landscapes

grisaille statuary

Grisaille statuary with trompe l’œil animal vignettes

Faux "decayed fresco" effect.

faux fresco panel

 

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