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TROMPE L`OEIL (THE ART OF DECEPTION) - DANIE DE WETThe artist describes his works as still lifes in front of the picture plane, using Trompe L'oeil which means 'to deceive the eye'. It's used to describe a style of painting that uses shading and perspective to make a two-dimensional painting appear to be truly three-dimensional - at least for a few moments. He states that it is painting from life and other painterly conventions. Since childhood, De Wet has been fascinated by pictures. They were magical appearances in books. Pictures made ideas visible. He became aware of the idea of pictorial language and pictorial conventions. Visual joy comes from seeing, understanding, and using visual language. In this exhibition De Wet strives to free the images from the bondage behind the picture plane to make them seem to exist in the viewer's space in front of the picture. To achieve this, he uses Trompe L'oeil (fooling the eye). This method makes people believe that they are looking at a real thing and not a painted depiction. |
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 Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Little Gaude keepsake from Barcelona on picture of huge banknote in landscape Medium: Oil on paper on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Slivers of paper in sunlight throwing shadows on painting of Susie Cooper jug on picture of banknote in landscape Medium: Oil on paper on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Small Picasso brooch, sliver of blue paper and Basie?s sculpture of a mother Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Two sprouting onions, Richard's tiny bonsai tree in pot and stand with Annie of Australia?s little oxblood pot Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Glass candlestand with 2 wax arum lily candles, mug with reflection on mirror and sliver of paper Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Elise's mug, Mauritian tin car 2 CV and Roy's tiny Darling brooch Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Zimbabwean stone baboon mother and child, broken San Gimignano jug & sliver and ancient African stone tool artefact Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Basie's metal mother sculpture herding Runette's dainty De Stijl modernist teapot Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Egg on Easter Entombment still life Medium: Oil on board Size: 34 cm x 24 cm (oval) Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Sunbeam falling on a fanciful still life picture Medium: Oil on Masonite board and frame Size: 101 cm x 81 cm Price on Request View artwork  Artist: Danie de Wet Title: Orange, picture frame and Ian's two 'lekhotla seat' maquettes for sculptures Medium: Oil on board Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price on Request View artwork | |||
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