Venice Beach - Venice, CA - Murals on Waymarking.com

R. Cronk is one of Venice's most recognized artist. In the lower left corner of this the trompe l'oeil mural is the title "Venice Beach" along with the artist's name R. (Rip) Cronk. This is one of Rip's early Venice murals, which was done in December, 1990.

In the words of the artist:

Art patron Werner Scharff requested I paint a trompe l'oeil mural that included a portrait of the artist at work. This is a popular theme in mural art, so I decided to give it a twist. In the composition, the building front is painted from the perspective of the viewer on the boardwalk. This is the first of three overlapping illusions. In the second, the artist is painted defacing the mural with the graffiti tag of "Venice". The third trompe l'oeil reality is a set of windows painted as if looking out from the wall. These match an existing set of windows within the picture plane. Passersby unravel the overlapping realities as they approach the location.

The artist with a paint filtering mask is depicted hanging on the wall by a rope and pulley system, complete with shadows of the ropes and artist. The building and sign below the artist are part of the work. Note the window at middle right is part of the real building, not the painted building.

City: Venice Location Name: 1101 Ocean Front Walk Artist: R. Cronk Date: 1990 Media: Paint on Plaster Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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