During the restoration efforts of Squires Tavern
the location of an old staircase leading to the second floor was discovered
by volunteers scraping paint. The discovery was detailed in an
earlier Work Log post. After the discovery, the board decided to hire local
artist Germaine Lemieux to create a Trompe-l'œil painting depicting what the
staircase would have looked like.
Trompe-l'œil is a French word meaning "to trick the eye", and is an
art technique
involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the
optical illusion
that the depicted objects appear in three-dimensions, instead of actually being
a two-dimensional painting.
Local artist Germaine Lemieux poses in front of her
Trompe-l'œil
painting of the orignal stircase
Trompe-l'œil painting of the orignial Squires Tavern staircase.