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[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.

Trompe l’œil ceiling
Essex, September 2007.

[Trompe l’œil ceiling]

[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]

[mural in chimney recess]

"mural in chimney recess"
a kitchen mural, in Sidmouth, Devon.
February 2006.
With client feedback.

Office Sky ceiling for
Frankle Trimmings, Bethnal Green
(trompe girders)
July 2004.

Office Sky ceiling for <br>Frankle Trimmings, Bethnal Green,

Oriental Scene, Imperial Glam

"Oriental Scene"
for Imperial Glam
Hampstead,
January 2004

"Swimming pool room Mural,
Hadley Wood, Middlesex",
September 2002

pool room mural

Torreblanca Del Sol, May 2002.

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

Laing Homes: show home, England.
Trompe urn and columns.

Laing show home

boy's African adventure bedroom

Boy's room: african adventure.
See the effect of looking into a tree canopy.

Bejo Semences Mural, France.
Trompe animal details.

Bejo Semences Mural

Danish coastal scene

Danish coastal scene.
Trompe architecture used to blend mural to existing features.

Tuscan landscape
with trompe views and grisaille architecture.

Tuscan landscape

Tennis court

Exterior Tennis court in full perspective.

Faux "decayed fresco" effect.

faux fresco panel

Surreal trompe l’œil view panel

Surreal trompe l’œil views.

Grisaille Architectural and trompe features.

Grisaille architecture and trompe features

grisaille statuary

Grisaille statuary with trompe l’œil animal vignettes

[assembled object trompe l'oeil]

A quodlibet* trompe l’œil
all things to do with the commissioner's life.
April 2005.
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