I love walking and unexpectedly finding murals on the walls. They are imaginative, colorful and put a smile on the viewers. This mural is located in Stanford. a fancy shopping center European style, where many stores display expensive merchandise. This long wall has been covered with a view of a French country town, very quaint and peaceful. Have you noticed the cat?
Famous muralist John Pugh painted this scene.
(Click on each photo to view it larger).
In the photo below, the balcony rail and the open door are real, everything is a make believe.
The plant on the ground and the hanging pots are real, nothing else is.
In this photo only the tree branch is real.
Murals are nothing new, human beings have had the need to describe their environment since the beginning of time, sometimes adding fantasy to their paintings and sometimes seeing the reality as it is. In any case, murals transport me out of reality into a different world for a few minutes.
This is my entry for Dan Antion’s Thursday Door Challenge. Ciao,
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Mar 10, 2023 @ 14:25:57
Hi Valentina, it is very odd for me to see windows that aren’t real. Why have them then? Don’t people like real sunlight and fresh air? An interesting post.
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Mar 10, 2023 @ 18:53:47
That long side of the building is the back of a a few expensive stores facing a line of high style restaurants across the street. I am guessing the city wanted to beautify a commercial wall with a mural depicting a make-believe street in France to delight people sitting outside the restaurants, California style.
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Mar 11, 2023 @ 11:54:43
Okay, that makes sense.
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Mar 06, 2023 @ 20:22:49
I enjoy murals that are creatively completed. Nice work!
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Mar 07, 2023 @ 00:14:44
The artist John Pugh is a master, he does some very spectacular trompe-l’oeil.
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Mar 05, 2023 @ 14:54:02
Superb trompe l’oell
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Mar 05, 2023 @ 21:34:05
The artist John Pugh is a master of trompe-l’oeil. Thanks for the visit.
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Mar 04, 2023 @ 00:59:27
I love seeing murals like this. Kudos on snagging a painted door!
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Mar 04, 2023 @ 02:25:53
It is a very attractive mural for sure.
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