‘Hi Vancouver!’ artist Bunnie Reiss wrote on her August 1st, 2018 Instagram post. ‘I’ll be painting this massive wall in your beautiful city for the next 10 days!!! Come say hi 🙂 201 E 7th Ave! Thanks for having me.’ Reiss, who was born in Maryland and raised in Colorado

i. I work as an: illustrator, painter, and muralist. ii. I do this creative work because: It fulfills me like nothing else (and it pays my bills). iii. A ‘typical’ day for me under Covid lockdown involves: No real plan, doing things at a leisurely pace, being more present. I

Before 3D glasses, 4D movies and Oculus Rift, we had trompe l’oeil. Trompe l’oeil is  defined by the Louvre Museum as: ‘a technique of painting or decorating which uses various artistic means to create the illusion of real three-dimensional objects or scenes.’ The 5th Century BC Greek painter Zeuxis was a