Trompe L’oeil (French for ‘deceive the eye’) is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.
This mural is meant to look back on a time where many families would live on the second level of the building within their own business. This is less common now due to the emergence of the suburbs, yet mixed use buildings are reappearing due to urban densities in certain areas.
From 1908-1945, the Duncans Millinery and Dallian Hat Shop stood on Sargent Avenue in Winnipeg. This mural paints a scene of this hat shop, which displays hats from various regions and time periods. See muralsofwinnipeg.ca for a complete walk through of the hats in the mural.
This mural is painted on the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 17 Office. It depicts a scene of various workers on platforms and scissor lifts, painting the building.
Located in front of the 250 Portage building in Downtown, this is one of the many transit boxes that Sarah Collard has painted in Winnipeg. It depicts musicians of various cultures playing various instruments. The building in the background of the painting is quite similar to its surrounding buildings in the downtown area.
Painted on the side of African Food General, this mural creates the illusion of a detailed building on a simple stone wall. To the left of these buildings is a sign which contains a list of the businesses which once resided in this building strip.
Three dimensional illusion of a hand holding a silver rod of Asclepius, symbol of medical science, on the side of a medical building.
Irish street scene on exterior wall adjacent to the former Irish Pub, Rebel Rock
Chronological history of the Collins Brewhouse – transitioning from left to right from the late 1800s, 1900s, 1920s, 1950s, 1970s, today featuring street scene with stores, automobiles and people.
Young boy in front of store front from 1940’s with steel fabrication in the background, a Studebaker, and scenes from Hamilton in the background including the Lancaster airplane in the sky.
Indigenous boy in front of one of Hamilton’s well known waterfalls – Albion Falls.
Trompe l’Oeill of archway and stairs displaying architectural elements 20′ x 75′ – Acrylic on cinder block.
Edudeo Panorama – Three-dimensional depiction of the transformative effect of education, the metamorphosis of literature, to butterfly, to pollination and flowering of potential across the world and the local city (African school with playground and skyline of the city of Hamilton; exterior; acrylic/latex on brick – 30’ x 90’.
Depiction of European cafes around the windows of the upper floor.
Three-dimensional illusion of a street scene in Enschede, The Netherlands, birthplace of the artist. Originally commissioned by the owners of Connaught Fish & Chips in 1997, updated in 2009 and in 2019.
Huge thank you to @kj.bit for putting on an amazing Mentor and Mentee mural jam in Oct 2021.
This is the garage I got and I immediately saw a piano. I wanted to transform the windows into black keys that glow at night. It is a whimsical play on a jazz pianist.
Ce circuit culturel vous fera découvrir, à la croisée des rues des harmonies de couleurs, des projets artistiques complexes et originaux, ainsi que des facettes importantes de notre histoire. Le circuit est composé de 35 stations sur une distance d’un kilomètre.
This cultural circuit will make you discover, at the crossroads of the streets, harmonies of colors, complex and original artistic projects, as well as important facets of our history. The circuit is made up of 35 stations over a distance of one kilometer.
The figure in a business suit is now dealing with a hangover from a capitalist/consumer bender. The “Capitalist Daydreams” is one of seven paintings in a series titled “Waste Wear.” The series addresses issues surrounding pollution and climate change. Presented by the Vancouver Mural Festival and the Gastown BIA.
Private commission for Artscape Foundation fundraiser
trompe l’oeil mural of woodland creatures of the Kawartha’s. Several creatures are endangered, threatened or of special concern.
On painted wood shed.
Artist: Karen Roberts, July 2020
Tyler Toews (also known as Canadian Murals) created this eye-catching mural on the front of city hall in 2020. This project was a collaboration between the Nelson & District Arts Council, the City of Nelson, and the Columbia Basin Trust.
From 1 specific vantage point, this box turns into an optical illusion. Once a solid grey, 4-sided structure, it now looks like an open frame revealing the trees that used to be hidden behind. Framing a section of nature in this way, brings a heightened sense of awareness and appreciation for the natural landscape around us. Additionally, as the seasons and climate changes, summer can still be enjoyed—and nature preserved—inside this box at Eglinton Flats.
To see the illusion, stand on the red arrow (the vantage point) by the crosswalk. Aim your camera at the box and move it up and down until the edges of the actual sidewalk lines up with the edges of the painted sidewalk on the box. Voila!
Cette murale s’inscrit dans la série « Au coeur de la création culturelle » initiée en 2007 dans le quartier latin. L’artiste y a représenté toutes les activités culturelles qui animent les nuits du quartier, le cinéma, les spectacles, la musique, la danse. La littérature y est représentée par un livre ouvert et le regard d’Emile Nelligan.
This mural is a part of the At the heart of cultural creation series, initiated in the Quartier Latin in 2007. The artist represented all of the cultural activities that bring the neighbourhood to life at night: cinema, concerts, music and dance. Literature is represented by an open book and Émile Nelligan’s gaze.
Produced by MU, the mural Architecture scolaire was created by Roadsworth and painted with the collaboration of 20 students (secondary 3, 4 and 5), and Isabelle Duguay (art educator) and William Patrick (assistant muralist).
Ode to traditional school supplies, the artwork now indicated in a playful way the students entry to St.Laurent High School.
Pursuing the space exploration defining his work, Roadsworth used by the concrete architecture of the arch to create illusions with actual proportions but giant format supplies.
Artist: Tyler Toews for Nelson International Mural Festival
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