Art on Ground

Eggs mark the spot in the town of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.

These sunny-side-up creations are the work of Dutch artist Henk Hofstra.

His Art-Eggcident is open to all in the town’s Wilhelmina Square.

The eight fried eggs have a diameter of 7.5 meters.

Some have a bulging yolk 2.3 meters high.

Members of the public have come out of their shell to engage with the artworks.

The eggs will fry in the sun for the next six months..

.. while breakfast lovers get to admire his extraordinary talent.

Hostra’s eggs follow another exhibition that brightened up Dutch streets.

Moleneind in Drachten was sprayed as part of the Blue Road project.

Four thousand litres of paint were used to cover a kilometre of road.

The creation formed an urban river and traced the path of a waterway that used to run where the road now is.

The slogan ‘Water Is Life’ was written on the road in 8m-high letters.

Hostra said it would provide fun for users of Google Earth..

.. and bring life back to the center of Drachten.

via My Interesting Files

More Art on Walls... 3D wall Paintings

When I saw these pictures for the first time I’ve immediately thought at the amazing 3D chalk drawings done by Julian Beever ( see his works here ). What you can see in these pictures is a brilliant new take on house decoration, and I’m sure that that my readers would want to admire these pictures. This guy does an amazing job, but unfortunately the work of this one mystery man has been floating all around the internet for some time now, but does anyone know his name, or something about him. Finally I would like to ask you to post a comment if you know who is the author of these amazing 3 dimensional wall paintings, because he should be getting some commissions.

Mural Painted Building

If you wonder yourself how come I've posted Mural optical illusion two days in a row, the answer is more than simple. Yesterday's post inspired me to refurbish Murals category, and to give it new shine. I have collected all the mural posts from this site's archive, and arranged them to show little icon and description inside the previously mentioned category. Feel free to jump inside "Trompe L'Oeil" Murals section (French for "Fool the Eye"), and you'll quickly understand what am I babbling here. Related to this announcement, I have added interesting black and white/color photo I found lying on my hard drive. The photo below was manipulated to look black and white, so that the mural jumps out, which helps spotting it more easily. I adore this kind of art, and wish there were similarly painted surfaces back here where I live. Still nothing here, but I'll keep you informed if some artist shares my idea and starts painting buildings and sidewalks :)

via Mighty Optical Illusions

Art on Walls - 3D

via My Interesting Files

Tree Mural - Artistic Illusion

I understand that the line that separates Murals (Trompe L'Oeil) and 3D Chalk Drawings is very thin, but horizontal/vertical rule is something that guides me on my quest, when deciding which category posts like this one belong to. More specifically, if the realistic drawing is painted on the flat horizontal surface, I usually go with 3D Sidewalk Drawings. If the painted surface (that hides optical illusion) is vertical, and makes you believe what you are seeing is more than a painting, I usually categorize that post under Murals. Well, the rule doesn't apply every time, but it helps to know that Murals are usually the ones painted on sides of the buildings. So, now you probably learned that being in command behind this website isn't very sophisticated and intellectual work after all! Now enjoy this awesome Mural below! Illusions with trees are always fun! Especially this one.

Art on the Streets

Awesome 3D Street Art Illusions