What is Trompe L'Oeil?

Trompe L'Oeil is the art of creating images that look 3D and fool you into thinking that art that you are looking at is the real thing.

Trompe L'Oeil (pronounced "tromp loy") is French for "Trick the eye" . The artist paints using true perspective, and matching surroundings (sunlight, shadows, wall textures, colours etc) so that the art looks really 3D and blends in as part of the real surroundings.

 

  Here are some examples of Trompe L'Oeil created recently for clients by Art at Heart:    
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  Traditional Trompe L'Oeil of a coastal scene in Italy, a work commissioned by a client. This job is finished: You can see the results in the StudioEye* pages See more...
       
  Here Jacqueline has painted a framed painting directly on the wall of a wine company boardroom:

 

       
  A local healing clinic wanted some Trompe L'Oeil geckos up on the wall of their consulting rooms:

       
     
  Would you like to chat about some Trompe L'Oeil where you are? Call us now, or email. Book a free consultation at your home or at your office