entries sorted by the tag trompe l’oeil

Kids rooms: ocean beach mural

posted on May 18, 2011 in Analog, Kids Murals and tagged , , , ,    

ocean mural bedroom doorsUsing the organic shapes of the rocks to obscure their outlines makes the two sets of doors part of the fun once you’re inside.
 

trompe l’oeil detail

posted on April 11, 2011 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , , ,    

Picture 361The other side of the arch detail from the Tuscan wine room project painted back in San Diego in 2003.
 

Tuscan wine room detail

posted on April 10, 2011 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , , ,    

Picture 360Detail from the first of several Tuscan themed mural and faux painting projects in San Diego.
 

Tuscan landscape mural doors

posted on March 18, 2011 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , ,    

Tuscan landscape mural doorsDeveloped from my client’s travel photos of Tuscany this time,this mural is actually painted on a set of four pantry doors.
 

Archive: chalk painting, Little Italy, San Diego 2003

posted on October 7, 2010 in Analog, Chalk Painting and tagged , , , ,    

one of my favorite projects from years of chalk painting in San Diego’s Little Italy every October until leaving for Pittsburgh last year.

Trompe l’oeil window mural

posted on March 17, 2010 in Analog, Murals and tagged ,    

I want to put up some more detail pictures from the vertical blind mural project, but after some time working on other projects it seems like my mural gallery here needs a little variety right now, so I’m posting this …

Kids murals | Circus playroom mural details

posted on January 4, 2010 in Analog, Custom Art, Kids Murals and tagged , ,    

More pictures now of the completely finished circus playroom trompe l’oeil mural wall. This detail shows the completed ticket box…
 

Faux painting for kids playrooms | circus theme

posted on December 28, 2009 in Analog, Faux Finishes and tagged , , , ,    

Discussion of relationship between the faux finishes in this room & my ideas about faux, trompe l’oeil & a few other choice decorative painting words.
 

Tuscan mural painted on pantry doors

posted on December 4, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , ,    

This picture of the Tuscan landscape mural has never been published before, though I have put up others of this same job. This view is how you first encounter the mural panel when entering the kitchen from the entryway/foyer of …

Wall mural: Tuscan landscape through wine room window

posted on November 30, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , ,    

Detailed trompe l’oeil architectural window emerges from a complete room faux painting treatment, opening on a Tuscan vineyard landscape.
 

San Diego to Pittsburgh- and back again.

posted on September 3, 2009 in Analog, Updates and tagged , , , ,    
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I’m on the road with Heather’s Subaru full of stuff, Raul and myself headed to Pittsburgh and our new set-up there. Heather and the kids flew ahead and signed the lease on our new place while spending a few days …

Little Italy Chalk/Paint Trompe L’oeil: The (almost) Final Chapter

posted on July 6, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , ,    

Picture 367Yes, its finally done and I can prove it with pictures of the Little Italy crew carrying my three panels of Michelangelo out to the their truck two and a half years after I started them.

Updates for July 2, 2009

posted on July 2, 2009 in Updates and tagged ,    
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complete trompe l’oeil circus #mural gallery first up on my new #WordPress portfolio site http://bit.ly/1h165m #art #lt #SanDiego artist # fix that link to Heather's LifeChain video http://bit.ly/6rQGs !! # posted second LifeChain #jewelry video http://bit.ly/qiVMT to @sdmetalsmith new #wordpress …