Making Walls Disappear

Edwin and I have been working hard getting everything ready to go live with our website, and finishing up getting the products in our store.  I will keep updates here and on our other social sites.  You can click here. Wall-Ahhh! store on our site wallsmarternow.com  and it will take you directly to the storefront, or just go to the main page at www.wallsmarternow.com once we are up and running. Never realized just how much goes into getting an e-commerce site ready for shoppers!  This is my first excursion into the world of websites, and I really have to admit that even though we ended up getting a WYSIWYG site builder, it still takes a bit of know-how to get things the way you want them. For instance, not really knowing just what each package could do, I figured we could just get the basic builder and if we found out later we needed other features, we would just add them down the road sometime. NOT a very good decision, as I soon came to find out! But after rea...

Translated from French, trompe-l'oeil (pronounced tromp loy) means literally to 'deceive the eye'.  It is a technique that has been used for centuries that creates the believable illusion of a three-dimensional subject but portrayed on a two-dimensional surface such as canvas or paper. It often gives the appearance of "opening up" or expanding space.  For example, a window or a door that seems to lead to an expanded vista. A Vineyard in Tuscany Doves on Window Sill over Entryway Stairway along the sea  Although it is said to have its origins in the Baroque period, it would be better to say that it  re -emerged during that time, but has been around dating back to the time of Pompeii in Greek and Roman history.  During the Renaissance period, Italian artists were using a type of trompe-l'oeil known as "di sotto en su' (translation:  from below, upward), when doing ceiling painting.  The elements on the ceiling were painted as...

44 Walls = Average Living Space.  MPArt started out as Mural Perspective nearly 20 years ago, delivering new treatments for old walls with incredible murals and tromp l'oeil.  Perspective was, and is, in our name for a reason. A mural is not just a picture painted on a wall - indeed it is a skillful effort toward achieving illusion, expanding our horizons, and providing extra dimension to our living spaces. The creme-de-la-creme of mural painting is "tromp l'oeil" (tromp loy), translated from the French "to deceive the eye".  At its finest, this type of mural is a continuation of existing architecture and the common wall provides an opportunity for this to be achieved on an heroic scale.