Trompe L'oeil
Shelley Grund, Fine Artist, Edmonton, Kentucky

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Trompe l'oeil is a French term literally meaning "that which deceives the eye."

Faux Marble Columns

White columns painted to look like marble.

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Handpainted in Laytex housepaint and artist's acrylics. Old Chicago style.

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Handpainted in Laytex housepaint and artist's acrylics. The color for the bricks was copied from the actual bricks surrounding the client's fireplace.

Handpainted in Laytex housepaint and artist's acrylics. The niche is real, the stones are not.

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Handpainted in acrylic paint on board. 
48" x 41"

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Two sides and back painted in acrylic paint in the Trompe L'oeil style. Includes art books, rags, paint brushes, and a "mouse trap" (cat). Used at art shows by the artist.

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