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Taking it to the streets


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An e-mail to me today shared the art work of Julian Beever.

His "canvas"? Sidewalks, and pavement, with a liberal dose of chalk.

Looked at from the correct viewpoint, they are 3-D and mind boggling.

I've never heard of this guy before, but he reminds me of M. C. Escher

Here are some of his pics, drawn on flat pavement:

blair.jpg

waterfall.jpg

girlonmat.jpg

batman.jpg

spiderman.jpg

Others can be seen at THIS SITE.

And at THIS SITE HERE, it gives the location, and occasion,

for when these works of art were done.

Enjoy. :)

PS --- edited to add -- look close at the drawings.

You can see the pavement lines (despite the 3-D effect), of the drawings.

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If you like Beever, you'll probably like Kurt Wenner, too. Someone showed me his stuff about 5 years ago, and it knocked my socks off. I think Wenner is more detailed and refined than Beever, but they're both clever!

Wenner reminds me of a cross between Dali and Escher.

Here's a link to one of his "street paintings," as he calls them. I looked around for a good site with lots of his stuff, but couldn't find one. His own Web site doesn't show much.

http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/02/13/kurt-wenner/

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