Julian Beever

Julian Beever is an English chalk artist who has been creating trompe-l'œil chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphosis, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.

Beever works as a freelance performance artist and creates murals for companies. He has worked in the UK, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, the U.S., Australia, Brazil and Argentina.

Besides this pavement art, Beever also paints murals with acrylic paints and replicas of the works of masters and oil paintings, and creates collages. Amongst his other work are wood panelled drawings, usually themed around music, measuring 7 metres long by 1.5 metres high.

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External links

* [http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/ Julian Beever (official web site)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/01/27/pavement_picasso_feature.shtml BBC Article]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4806282165812861319 Video of Julian Beever's Art]
* [http://media.cnpapers.com/chalk/ A time-lapse video of Beever creating a whitewater rafting scene.]