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The Grapes of ZeuxisOil painting by David Vincent Wheeler

100 x 80 x 6cm (framed)

£1,600

This painting takes inspiration from a Greek legend inwhich the artist Zeuxis entered a competition to paint the most realistic representation of reality, when he revealed his painting birds tried to peck at the grapes after being fooled by his mastery of realism.
Painting can be about entering another world where anything is possible , the artist creates illusions to make his reality believable.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

Tags:

#realism#still life#illusion#greek mythology
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This painting takes inspiration from a Greek legend inwhich the artist Zeuxis entered a competition to paint the most realistic representation of reality, when he revealed his painting birds tried to peck at the grapes after being fooled by his mastery of realism.
Painting can be about entering another world where anything is possible , the artist creates illusions to make his reality believable.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

Tags:

#realism#still life#illusion#greek mythology
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David Vincent Wheeler

Location United Kingdom

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I have had a passion for painting and drawing from my childhood years through my formal education to the present day. While studying art I always gravitated towards masters of... Read more

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