you are visiting Gordon Collett's artist site, www.muralartist.co.uk for murals, trompe l'oeil, portraits & illustration

Muralists:

Graham Rust

UK. Probably the main man for "traditional" trompe l’œil murals, working worldwide.

Richard Haas.

USA. Amazing large scale architectural trompe l’œil murals, buildings disappear.

John Pugh.

USA. Massive public artworks, all large scale l’œil murals.

Ken White.

UK. Also large scale public artworks: architectural trompe l’œil and figurative murals.

Gary Myatt.

UK. Gary is one of the UK’s leading muralists, specialising in original, figurative murals and trompe l’œil.

Mel Holmes.

UK. Murals, trompe l’œil and Paint Effects.

Michael Alford.

UK. Murals, trompe l’œil and portraits.

Trompe l’œil painters:

Julian Beever

UK. Amazing and quite rightly famous pavement trompe l’œils. You have seen this on an email sometime. Extreme anamorphics in chalk.

Raymond Campbell

UK. "traditional" trompe l’œils, you have seen his work somewhere I am sure. There will be better links, Google him.

Shakeel Siddiqui (not the comedian or another painter of same name)

Canada & Pakistan. "traditional" trompe l’œil canvases, working worldwide. This is the best link I can find, there may be better ones out there.

Some of my influences:

Patrick Woodroffe.

Patrick Woodroffe had a book out in 1986, called "A Closer Look". He descibes many methods and mediums and was a siginificant starting point for my learning to paint. Plus he is a genius.
web: www.patrickwoodroffe-world.com

John Myatt

Welcome to the extraordinary life of artist John Myatt and his even more extraordinary ability to paint in the style of any of history’s greatest artists.
web: www.johnmyatt.com

Rolf Harris.

Rolf got me painting as a kid.
web: www.rolfharris.com