What is Trompe L'oeil? The Art of Illusion

What is Trompe L'oeil? The Art of Illusion - RICHARD BAGGULEY

Faux finishes or specialist paint effects have been used for millennia.

We usually think back to early cave paintings or the romans who would paint surfaces to imitate expensive marbles which were either not available or too expensive,but what we generally think of as faux finishing in the decorative arts began with plaster and stucco finishes in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago.

Faux painting or faux finishing are terms used to describe decorative paint finishes that replicate marble wood and stone. Whilst this practice has always been in use for instance in pubs and large country homes and in furniture faux decorative finishes made resurgence in the world of high-end interior design in the latter part of the 20th century.

Richard learned all the techniques during that period of heightened popularity as well as the traditional techniques such as graining, marbling, sponging, stone blocking, paint washes he pioneered his own custom techniques for specific interiors.

Today Richard uses faux finishes as part of his array of skills alongside his mural and trompe l’oeil painting, and these can be used on walls, ceilings and even floors as seen in the faux finishes gallery.

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