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Want to watch as the entire Trompe Versailles mural comes together? Check out this time-lapse! It's crazy to see months ...

To make sure my murals last for several lifetimes, I always apply a clear coat as the final step. This ...

Woohoo! Trompe Versailles is finished! Can you believe it is time for the final signature? I can't. For this final ...

In this session, I got out my gardening tools and planted two poplar trees on the far left panel of ...

In this session, I finished the colourful red geraniums (including all the little green stalks!). I also tweaked the left ...

In the last session, I added geranium plants to the flower boxes outside the castle windows. From there, I have ...

In this session, I planted geranium bushes in the foreground of Trompe Versailles. These are planted in pots on the ...

It's Spring at Trompe Versailles! Every Spring, the gardens of Trompe Versailles are lined with citrus planter boxes designed by ...

In this session, I finished all of the flowers! It's definitely looking bright and colourful now. I followed this by ...

Today I was able to add lots of beautiful details to the mural, including gold sculptures in the central pond, ...

In this session, I focused on the ponds! In particular, I tweaked the shapes of the ellipses, finished the rims, ...

In this session, I was able to draw more hedges surrounding the lower plaza, add more sculptures, tidy up the ...

In this session, I completed a number of little tweaks on the mural. This included finishing the existing shadows in ...

After mixing five different colours, I painted soft blended bands of each one on the mural to create the forest ...

Today I planted out some trees, rosebushes, and miles of hedges — all clipped and neat. The rose bushes haven't ...

In very exciting news...the first fountain now has colour! But not only that, the garden beds have also been added ...

Today, I had to pick up my pencil again to darken the outlines of all of the beautiful grass patches ...

I'm making progress on the Trompe Versailles garden! In this session, I finished painting all the pathways and around the ...

Guess what? The entire forest is finished! I'm amazed that we're at this point. The mural is looking very lush ...

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I've really been looking forward to adding colour to the Trompe Versailles gardens and today was just the beginning! I ...

In today's session, I reached such an exciting milestone - the entire frame is now complete! I'm so happy with ...

Before I was able to finish the frame, I had to catch the fourth panel up to the progress level ...

After I finished laying and detailing the brickwork in my last session, all they still needed was grout. I started ...

Today was a massive day of mural painting! In this session, I finished laying the brickwork around the entire mural ...

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The mural has reached a really exciting stage! Today I got the stone painted in and also started on the ...

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Today, I did a ton of masking and painted all around the outside of the panels to hide that they ...

Today, I got started by getting actual paint on my brush, then onto the canvas, and then I stopped when ...

Now the design is all finished, I can start drawing on the canvas! First I blackened out in behind the ...

It has taken me nearly two weeks to finalise the entire mural design, but I can proudly say it is ...

This morning, I finished hanging the panels in the studio because the canvas blinds were being delivered and installed later ...

Today I helped my husband, Phil, to build a wooden frame for the aluminium panels which will sit behind each ...

Today my husband Phil and I measured out the wall space for the panels. It took a good deal of ...

Today I worked on tidying my studio so that my husband Phil and I can hang the panels. When I'm ...

Today the panels for Trompe Versailles were delivered to my studio in Bellbowrie, Australia. This means that the mural is ...

This is the very last day of work on Trompe Moongate, a 3D-mural of Hạ Long Bay in Vietnam, painted ...

Today I've added a little something extra to the mural at Bulimba — the social share links! This was really ...

I'm so excited to announce that the painting of Trompe Moongate is FINISHED! Today was the very last day of ...

As mentioned in the video above, I'm getting very close to completing the Trompe Moongate mural at Bulimba. Today I ...

Yesterday I finished painting the wood of the long jetty leading from Oxford Street, Bulimba and down into Hạ Long ...

Today at Trompe Moongate, my task was to build the jetty into Hạ Long Bay. I started by painting the ...

There is not long to go for Trompe Moongate on Oxford St, Bulimba. I spent today working on the details ...

Unfortunately, mural painting doesn't always go to plan. Today at Trompe Moongate, I was planning to finish work on the ...

I'm rugged up again today to work on Trompe Moongate in the cold morning air. I started by tweaking a ...

Today at the Trompe Moongate mural I have been working on the fishing villages. There are two sections of fishing ...

Today I started work on Trompe Moongate by adding more details to the mountains. This involved touching up the foliage ...

Today at Trompe Moongate I spent the lovely, sunny morning setting up my painting station. However, as I noticed the ...

Today at Trompe Moongate I had to pull out my painting gloves to keep warm in the cool morning air ...

Today I began painting a large section of Trompe Moongate - the water! As the outlining of the entire mural ...

Today I had a late day out at Trompe Moongate in Bulimba. To start off I finished painting the sky ...

Today I am working on Trompe Moongate at Bulimba, and it's time for one of my favourite steps in the ...

Since the last post, I've continued working on the brick detailing around the moongate at the Trompe Moongate mural in ...

Today I've been working on the brick moongate for Trompe Moongate in Bulimba. Despite the chilly morning, I'm really happy ...

Early this morning I headed to Trompe Moongate in Bulimba to get ready to start painting. First, I had to ...

Today I spent time outlining the grout of the bricks in Trompe Moongate, outside Vietnamese Mint in Bulimba. Tomorrow I ...

Today I spent more time designing the layout for Trompe Moongate on Oxford Street, Bulimba. I am really happy with ...

Two days of work doing digital design and it’s nearly there! Client is very happy with the design so far ...

Today I had a late night at the Trompe Moongate mural in Bulimba. I've spent the day doing a lot ...

It's the very first day on location in Bulimba for the Trompe Moongate art project. This project is right next ...

Today I dismantled the drawer so it could be primed ready for painting. The stone colour (the undercolour) was mixed ...

Today was the last painting day to finish off. I painted nine birds, one marsupial, and one monotreme. The central ...

I added some branches for the birds to perch on. Painted a whole pile of critters today, using my tiniest ...

I added a few more Brisbane butterflies, then added two big Brisbane beetles: the Stag beetle and the Christmas beetle ...

Today  painted a pretty python perched between the pot plants. And two other sneaky snakes, one harmless and one nasty ...

Lots of fine detail work today: creating the hoya vine with its intricate flowers, then the Richmond Birdwing butterflies on ...

The flowers on the shrubs always really bring the mural to life. I added highlights to the wall plant hangers ...

This is where the painting starts to come to life! I started adding in the flowers in the bushes at ...

A big day today painting details. I finished fixing the shapes of the big terracotta pots on the deck, then ...

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Today I drew the top line of the stoneblock column. Here’s a little video of what else I got up ...

Today I drew the stone block columns on the wall. The time that’s been spent in getting the scale drawing ...

Today I moved all the materials and resources I need to bring the Trompe Alhambra to life from my studio ...

This trompe l’oeil mural has just been completed by Jacqueline Hill in Brisbane inner West. It was a commission for ...

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Did some tricky measuring up for the white balustrade, taped up and started painting. Also tweaked the buildings in the ...

Today I spent more time working on the stonework. The sea and the sky are now finished. At one stage ...

I repainted the design of the clouds on the computer until I was happy with them: I also worked on ...

I started painting the cobblestones and ocean. The stonework got a bit more stoned, but there’s still al long way ...

When I got all set up ready to start today I discovered this little cutie lying in my way. How ...

Rosie is Sonja’s adorable little Bichon princess that loves keeping me company while I’m working. She is going to be ...

Today I got my big brushes out at last and painted the start of the sky. I’ve made it a ...

I painted a little watercolour of the background to get the exact shapes we wanted. Then I overlaid it under ...

Sonja and I sat together and worked out the details of the design in colour. I drew and painted it ...

Today I met up with the lovely Sonja and measured up the wall in her home in the French Quarter ...

Today I met up with the lovely Sonja and measured up the wall in her home in the French Quarter ...

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This mural is being created right now by Jacqueline Hill in Brisbane inner West. It is a commission for a ...

Today I used a primer that we selected for it's aggressive grip on the panel to make sure the mural ...

Do you have a large wall surface that needs some interest added to it? Do you have a small, walled ...

June 2018: spreading out all the ideas on my huge studio table to bring it all together in one design ...