The technique, trompe l'oeil (pronounced "tromp-loy"), is where the illusion of painting and the physical qualities of sculpture converge. 

It is at this convergence point that the physical sculptural qualities make the painterly illusion more real, and the trickery of painting make the physical dissolve into the realm of illusion.

Trompe l’oeil helps us examine our own physical reality; it asks what it means to be simulated and questions the point at which reality and illusion converge.