Patrick Kirwin is a master Trompe L’oeil painter
working within a range of sizes; both large scale murals
as well as smaller easel paintings. Kirwin is concerned
with the harmony between the architectural reality
of the room and the painted illusion of the mural.
Whereas, in the trompe l’eoil paintings, he presents
an illusion as a reality within the room.

Fabrics play an important part in his strategy of
the illusion of space. To heighten this illusion,
he has devised methods of making patterns appear
to bend within folded cloth. These and other
innovative techniques go into creating successful
artistic illusions throughout his oeuvre.