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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Maltby Trompe l'Oeil Mural
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Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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10 comments:
That is truly amazing! I think Victoria finally trumped my little Willits koi pond. Just beautiful.
I love tromp l'oeil art! This is a great example. Thanks!
Beautiful murales, it's very like to the reality.
Wow! That's a fantastic mural. I especially love your wide angle shot to show its context.
How beautiful!!
beautiful mural
Wow, I love the depth and perspective of this mural, not to mention the bright colors. I would have tried to walk down that street and ended up with my face smooshed on the brick wall.
Quite frankly, Benjamin, I find it breathtaking. Because the mural is so nicely blended into the actual structure, it is, as you say, even more impressive. Wonderful post!
I was grdually working my way toward your blog tonight, but while visiting Elaine's blog, was swooshed here even sooner.
Thanks all for your kind remarks. It really makes me realize how half-asleep I am most of the time when I think that I passed this mural probably 50 times before I noticed it. One of the best things about doing this City Daily Photo blog exercise is that it forces one to stop rushing about and just look around carefully at one's own environment.
Jeff Maltby has done at least one other mural here in Victoria and I photographed it once, not very successfully because it is very large and it is difficult to find a good place to photograph it from. However, sooner or later I will feature it on these pages since it is even more impressive than this example.
Elaine, admittedly Maltby's work far surpasses the Willits Koi Pond but had it not been for that post I would probably never have noticed the Maltby murals so, thanks.
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