Sidewalk Artist for the Better

Sidewalk Artist

For the better part of the last ten years, British artist Julian Beever has created an array of impressive artwork across the expanses of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. Though notably recognized for his work in common mural and fine art paintings, Beever is most popularly accredited for his astonishing mastery in illusion and defied perception. With the utilization of Rembrandt pastels, Beever has created well-over 100 three-dimensional sidewalk drawings that produce a deception of height, length and depth. Several of his pieces extend across fifty feet of sidewalk or street, but viewed from the appropriate angle, appear to be merely two to three feet high.

A particularly unique characteristic to this aspect of Julian Beever's "sidewalk-art" is that it does not remain in its original form. Since the pieces are created on public domain - sidewalks and streets, they eventually perish, wash away, or gradually fade from their place of conception. The only evidence of their existence is memorably captured through photographs and video, which procures the proper angle for their depiction and interestingly portrays their deceptive masterful artistry. Beever's success has skyrocketed from his skill in this realism. As a result, he has been eagerly contracted for various special events of both political and social regard.