Trompe L'oeil

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <div> <IMG SRC="29a8ce7e0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Trompe L'oeil </div> <div> Trompe L'oeil is a French term which means "Trick the Eye". It is the use </div> <div> of painting techniques that create the illusion of 3-dimensions to fool the mind of the observer. It goes back as far as the </div> <div> Greek and Roman empire and further.     This is one of the most fun techniques...because of the delight of the viewer. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="615" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 117 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id449.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steps To The Sea"><U><IMG SRC="286a425d0.jpg" border=0 width="66" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Steps to the Sea</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California Mission Murals"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="27774b5d0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> Spanish Missions</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id626.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Looking Out to the Sea"><U><IMG SRC="274b40580.jpg" border=0 width="64" 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