trompe l’oeil – Travel with Intent

How many visual deceptions?

As-tu osé tromper mon oeil? A selection of trompe l’oeil wall decorations from my travelsplease click to scroll through a larger view – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 14 July 2020 Posted […]

-Moldova

Art and glamour in Chisinau

Zentrum Apartments, Chisinau, Moldova, July 2019 This tromp l’oeil mural decorates a hotel in central Chisinau. It is located in a building that dates back to 1875, built with the […]

-Provence

Shadows in Disguise

Six metal animal heads, the work of Betka Siruckova, are positioned against a large open wall in the Beaux-Arts district of Montpellier. On a sun-blessed autumn day, the shadows of […]

-France

Exterior Decoration

-London

False Steps

I featured some of the many steps in Paris in a recent post. Here are some more steps… …………………… or are there? If you are a fan of trompe l’oeil, […]

-France

Trompe l’Oeil in Bedarieux

I particularly like the muted colours of this painting and the care that has been taken to produce it; it is convincingly realistic. The girl IS real, but the dog […]

Challenges

Tarragonan Trompe l’Oeil

At first glance, you may notice nothing strange about these doors and windows in La Plaça dels Sedassos in Tarragona: In fact, they are all painted on a flat wall, with the perspectives […]

-Europe

Beyond the Obvious

This certainly makes you look beyond: The girl is real. The rest, however, is a trompe l’oeil painted on a plain, flat wall! . Posted as part of the Weekly […]