Trompe l'Oeil on Canvas, Paper and Other Surfaces

(Trompe l' Oeil meaning to fool the eye, is pronounced Trump Loy)

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.

"Living in the heart of the California's central coast wine country

I cannot help but be influenced by great wines and my desire to

paint works that reflect the finest qualities we enjoy in our wines,

high quality ingredients, complex robust colors and rich textures."

Small Collection

Acrylic on canvas 11 in. x 14 in.

Corker

Vintage wine corks in a small box.

Specifically an '85 Cab, 'an 87 Cab and an '88 pinot noir.

5 by 7 inches, acrylic on canvas

Villa Tuscany

Villa window with a view of the Chianti region of Tuscany.

36 by 48 inches, acrylic on canvas

Buy the magic of Trompe l'Oeil,

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Pines

Faux painting is a popular form of trompe l'oeil.

Above is faux pine, 11 inches by 14 inches, acrylic painted on canvas.

The technique is not the standard faux bois of dragging a brush through glaze.

Here every line of grain is painstakingly painted separately.

Some are multiple lines painted together, totaling 1/16 inch wide

as seen in the detail below. The brush is a Winsor Newton Series 7 sable.

TRES PINOS

This is a 6 inch x 10 inch detail of an 18 X 24 painting of pine paneling.

The sap by the knot is light golden sienna mixed with gloss varnish.

The work is acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas, 11 inch X 14 inch, detail is 8 X 8.

Painted from life... this piece of pine made a challenging model.

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 30 inch x 54 inches, Liquitex acrylic,

applied with conventional brushes and airbrush on Fredrix canvas.

'Purdy' Brush

(detail)

Acrylic on canvas 11 inch x 14 inch

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Trompe l'Oeil on Panels

Canvas

Paper

Large Murals On Canvas

The Mystic Bath 1

The Mystic Bath 2

Paintings That Change In Blacklight

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