Tag Archives: Trompe L’oeil

Commisioned Work, New, Table

Football Table for a Teenager

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This small side table was painted for a middle school young man with football aspirations.   I used his team colors for the uniform as well as  his own jersey number.   The background field is deliberately out of scale so it emphasizes the ideal football player as he ‘flies’ down the field.   On the lower shelf I painted, in the Trompe L’oeil style, a couple of index cards with diagrams of football plays because, well, fool the eye  is what I like to do!!   The table stands 20″ tall and the top is 14″ X 16″ .

Chair, New

Stones and Feathers on a Bench

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This charcoal-black single-seater bench is painted in Trompe L’oeil style with a collection of stones, slate, mica and natural crystal scattered on top.   The bowl and the turtle are carved from stone as well.  For a little something organic I painted two feathers and an autumn leaf.  Of course there is a little lady bug, can you find it?  If you are interested in having me paint something similar to this piece please send me an email or leave a comment.

New, Table

Quartz Beads on Faux Grey Marble Pedestal Table

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This little wooden table has been transformed. The faux marble surface is painted in a range of soft greys on the 14″ round top.  A bead necklace of pale green, lavender and pink quartz with a lotus motif pendant is painted in Trompe l’oeil style.  The necklace looks real enough to pick up and wear!  Of course the marble illusion is painted on the underside too! I kept the colors on the pedestal soft and a little mottled, and paired them with creamy off white and just a little bit of gold banding.   The table stands 25″ tall and weighs 5.5 pounds.  $150.00 plus shipping and handling. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this table.

Commisioned Work, Murals

Wisteria and Frogs Bathroom

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This bathroom evolved over time with multiple projects.   Purple Wisteria hangs over a custom cut mirror.  Later on, the stone arch was added so as to merge the mural into the  wall when the bathroom was repainted a pale yellow.  A Trompe L’oeil Wisteria blossom ‘sits’ on a bench which was painted the same lavender as  the vanity.  Tiles were painted with a special paint that bakes in an ordinary oven.  Since this type of paint is more limiting I chose to do the Water Lilies, frogs and dragonflies in a style inspired by Japanese brushwork.