Discover Marie-Pierre's trompe l'oeil paintings here. Also find her superb salt dough creations on display in her "Nativity scene in salt dough" gallery.

The sea at the end of the corridor (interior)
« trompe l'oeil painting in acrylic
Many of you will be familiar with manufactured housing and their inside design, often with rooms running off a long corridor. As this corridor can be quite dark, I wanted to give it some more depth.

The sea and sky I did with an airbrush, the plants with a paintbrush. To give a little more depth to the landscape, false French windows have been added.

Two problems had to be tackled in this project:
- Hiding an ugly electric switch.
- Placing the window cross-frames in perspective so the window seems to be half-open.

Thanks to all those who helped me complete this trompe l'oeil.»



False door (outside)
« trompe l'oeil painting in acrylic
While we waited for a real door to be fitted, this trompe l'oeil was painted on a panel of chipboard.
The acrylic paint was applied using a paintbrush. To liven up the panel, the books and the vase of flowers were cut out in paper, then stuck, because I find painting on wood difficult. Finally everything was varnished three times with a marine varnish.

Unfortunately, moonlight highlights the colors of this painting better than the sun, so today the books, flowers and vase are all a little gray...however, the painting is still there.

Purists will say that the brick work isn't properly lined up, and they're right, but I only noticed when I had finished, the false door was in place and I could view everything from a distance. »




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