Pictures on buildings come to life (OT)

[Guest guest]

John Pugh

is at it again. Is his paint brush really a "magic wand?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist

John Pugh

3D murals

painted on the sides of buildings by

Trompe L'oeil

(trick-of-the-eye) artist John Pugh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main

Street, Los Gatos, California.

Even the woman peering into

the

ruin is part of the mural.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taylor

Hall, California State

University , Chico , California .

The

Doric-style columns are actually nothing but paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honolulu,

Hawaii.

This mural took two months of studio work to

plan

and another six months to execute with the help of 11

other

artists. Featured are Queen Liliuokalani,

the last monarch

of

the Hawaiian Islands,

and Duke Kahanamoku, the ultimate

father

of surfing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

mural at the Cafe Trompe L'oeil, San Jose , California , is

entitled

"Art Imitating Life Imitating Art

Imitating Life". This

customer

doesn't leave at closing time (she's part of the painting

-

hard to believe).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty-nine

Palms, California

.. "Valentine" the bull and a patient

buzzard

are waiting for the artist to awake (again - they are

all

part of the art)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Bay

in a Bottle', Santa Cruz , California . The passer-by is part

of

the mural.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks

like a nice spot to rest your weary feet on a sidewalk in

front

of the Sarasota

County

Health Center

, Florida .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Slowin'

Down to Take a Look" in Winslow

, Arizona . Included, of

course,

is "a girl, my lord, in a flat bed Ford slowin'down to take

a

look at me."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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