Intricate 3D Paintings

Posted by Jill Harness in Arts & Crafts, Everything Else on July 29, 2009 at 9:09 pm


These incredibly lifelike paintings were created by John Pugh who calls his artwork “trick of the eye.”

The Californian-born artist said: ‘It seems almost universal that people take delight in being visually tricked.’

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7 comments to "Intricate 3D Paintings"

  1. Kalel
    July 29th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    You might look at this as one form of art stepping up where another fails; The paintings work best on buildings with the most boring designs.

  2. LisaL
    July 29th, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    That is just pretty freakin awesome. I would love to see his work in person. Just.. wow.. I love crap like this.

  3. Kalel
    July 30th, 2009 at 2:15 am

    Oddly enough, roadrunners can pass through these paintings.

  4. Foreigner1
    July 30th, 2009 at 2:39 am

    In that case, I must be family of that coyote. ;-)

    But I agree with you Kalel.
    And that said- The more of this kind of painting- the better.

  5. ferdinandcc
    July 30th, 2009 at 6:18 am

    God, I've been going crazy for trompe l'œil artwork lately.

  6. semi
    July 30th, 2009 at 10:49 am

    On one of his murals of a giant wave there was this caption:

    "Wonder wave: John Pugh's Mana Nalu mural in Honolulu. Fire crews rushed to save the children from the mighty wave - before realising it was an optical illusion"

    You think the fact that the wave *wasn't moving* would have clued the firefighters into the fact it was a painting?

    I smell BS.

  7. ted
    July 30th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    Splendid - magnificent.

    I doubt the firefighter story. You think they'd have had more sense.


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