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Bistro Solé
Restaurant
This painted window and surrealistic
image within it
is on the patio of Bistro
Solé, a restaurant
in Cambria, California.
The entire piece is painted
on a panel that is mounted on the wall.
This photograph is slightly
different than the actual hanging piece.
The artist and the window
in 1996.
The owners changed the color
of the outside of the building
during a remodel three years
after the painting was originally hung.
The color seen though the
glass in the lower photo is the original color.
The color in the top photo
matches the new building.
(detail of the surrealistic
painting)
Venus waits calmly among strong
white pillars of stone.
A painting on the wall at
the top of a stairway is apparently framed in wood
designed to match the
half round log ceilings in this western
style home. It is
all painted, and casts painted
shadows onto the wall.
(a detail of the impressionistic
painting)
Renato Restaurant
Savor a meal under a delicious
ceiling painted full of puffy white clouds.
The full size of the ceiling
is approximately 17 feet x 20 feet.
The circular outline in the
upper center is a speaker.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 storefront,
a "controlled burn" using acrylic paint.
Before the trompe l'oeil,
people rarely stopped as they drove by.
After the 'paint fire' people
stopped to take photos and come inside.
This Trompe l'Oeil really
worked it's magic!
It prompted some worried calls
to the owner before the signage went up.
A detail of the painted broken
windows and charred wood.
White Wine
Smell the oak and let your
eyes touch hand crafted wood grain and knots,
while feeling the refreshing
coolness of a chilled bottle of vintage wine.
Acrylic on canvas, 16 by 20
inches.
Bottle and wood detail.
Small Collection
Acrylic on canvas, 11 in.
x 14 in.
Pines
Faux painting is a popular
form of trompe l'oeil.
Above is faux pine, 11 inches
by 14 inches, acrylic painted on canvas.
This is a 6 inch x 10 inch
detail of an 18 X 24 painting of pine paneling.
The work is acrylic on canvas.
Acrylic on canvas, 11 inch
X 14 inch, detail is 8 X 8.
The Immaculate Conception
(after Bartolomé Esteban
Murillo, some of the details and color
have been changed and painted
in the softer style of Raphael)
It was a private commission.
I Modonnari street painting
festival, April 2000 in San Luis Obispo California.
Koi Pond image size 7 feet
square, sponsored by Artisan Tile and Marble.
The live art event lasts 2
days. The medium is colored chalk on asphalt.
Smaller Trompe l' Oeil Images
On Canvas and paper.
Port Glass
watercolor 4.5 inches x 4
inches
'Purdy' Brush
(detail)
Acrylic on canvas 11 inch
x 14 inch
Three Unusual Old Keys
Watercolor on Arches Paper
3 inch x 6 inch
Rusty Key
Watercolor on Arches paper,
4.4 inches x 3.93 inches.
Passport From Nowhere
Watercolor on bristol board
4.5 inch x 5.5 inch
Tea Rose and Key
Watercolor on Arches paper,
5 inches x 7 inches.
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