Trompe L’oeil has always fascinated me, the skill to trick the eye with optical illusion is fantastic and our latest addition to the gallery Paul Czainski is a dab hand at it.
We have owned a painting of Paul’s for a number of years which can be seen in the gallery although not for sale (Sheep in headlight) above is a great example of the skill Paul has, In the current body of work we now have on display in the gallery many people have walked past dismissing it as a print or even a poster as it is so good its hard to believe they are real paintings.
A fabulous example of this is “Trompe L’oeil Cats” the mind boggles when looking at it and to believe its a painting, even the wooden background is painted, I actually stood for over twenty minutes looking at this particular piece mainly in disbelief. If you get chance to come into the gallery I can’t stress enough that you must take a moment and enjoy Paul’s work, these digital images don’t do them justice.
Also in the body of work is a series of Venice paintings, there’s one thing I enjoy the most in art and that’s an artist with a great sense of humour, and for it to translate into the paintings is an added bonus for me. I love nothing more than to walk round the gallery looking at work and have a chuckle to myself. I have always said its a pleasure to display work to provokes a reaction good or bad and Pauls work certainly ticks that box for me.
“Scrubbing up for the Masquerade”
“Venice Bath Time”
“Giant”
“Venice Day Out”
“The Great North Sea Gondola Race”
“Winter Landscape with Cold Fish”
