Challenge 53 - Trompe L'oeil

Guest Hostess: Chris Predd of LaPorte IN and Anna Maria Island, FL

Design Concept: Trompe L’oeil (pronounced "tromp loy")

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The art technique of trompe l'oeil involves creation of art that gives the visual illusion that an item is three dimensional. Its literal meaning is to 'deceive the eye'. A full history of this technique can be found on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe-l%27œil and at the AskArt website http://tinyurl.com/4s9wy8u

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Art Examples:

Public artist, John Pugh does incredible wall art using this technique, which is also referred to as art that will "fool the eye". His art is so real that you feel like you could walk into the scene, or that the people are actually sitting there. Here's a link to see some of his work: http://tinyurl.com/27forlx

The Trompe l’Oeil Artists Society website has links to many artists who depict everyday objects by this technique. They appear so real that you believe you could lift them off the paper. Scroll down through the different artists there and link to their web sites to see some incredible work. http://www.trompeartists.com/

Here is a link for a mural artist that creates realistic imagery on walls: http://www.paint-your-world.com/adults.php

3D Street art is amazing: http://tinyurl.com/58ah9b

Here's a link to this technique done by drawing with pencil http://www.jdhillberry.com/tromp_thumbpage.htm

Then there’s the tricking of the eye with things of wood that look like other things (like quilts) http://www.gofraser.com/index10.htm

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Quilt Examples:

Esterita Austin is quilter whose work could fit into this definition http://esteritaaustin.com/gallerymain.htm

Joan Sowada is a master at this: http://www.joansowada.com/gallery.html

as is David Taylor http://www.davidtaylorquilts.com/gallery.html

and Cynthia English http://www.englanddesign.com/quilt-gallery,

Fiber art - http://tinyurl.com/4aopyb5

Susan Brittingham' perspective work is also very realistic: http://sbrittingham.freeservers.com/architectural.htm

Barbara McKie using photo imagery http://mckieart.com/Pages/thumnail_pgs/new_quilts.html

More quilts: http://www.annettekennedy.com/index.html http://www.melissafrankeldesigns.com/gallery.htm

The internet is full of other links on this technique, simply Google trompe l'oeil and you will find countless other visuals and discussions of this topic.

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The Challenge: Create an art quilt using the trompe l'oeil technique, preferably depicting an everyday object or group of objects. The goal is to make it appear so realistic by paying attention to angles and shadows it creates in the position and location it is in. Depict it in its actual size or the correct proportions. Or, create a scene, structures, or landscape using the same technique. Obviously using realistic colors and textures is important in this challenge.

Have fun! Chris Predd