Paris Mural Painting
Montreal : by Richard Ancheta

This mural painting was made in May 2010 of 9 x 27ft. was designed for the interior decor for Stock Exchange Tower (La tour de la Bourse) to were it was installed at the basement 2 in front of the elevator entrance located at 800 Place Victoria, the Stock Exchange Tower is Montreal's third-tallest building and was connected to the underground city of Place-Victoria Metro.

The clients idea is to project a perspective view of street scene in Paris and on the far vanishing point is the great Eiffel Tower.

The client choose buildings of cafe's and boutique to fit on a one point perspective design. Below is the sketch rendition in watercolor design.

Paris street scene - watercolor sketch design

The sketch needs rough details of intricate old buildings and the balance of the designed between left and right area, between hot and cool colors. The half right design is with the series of boutique and an accent of a lady shopping with her yorkshire terrier and the half left was a cafe's with people sitting in front of it.

My decorator Aziz supplied all the materials and the canvas fits exactly in my studio. The sketch mural painting was enlarge to fits the size and adjusted the perspective as trompe l'oeil - for which you can step and walk in the scene. The details are adjusted and moved and reposition in the actual rendition to enhance the beauty of the composition. I did this mural in two weeks.