Dale Sheldon, “Meeting Monet,” acrylic. February 25, 2021 Gallery One will present its March show, themed Fantasy, to the public from Wednesday, March 3, through Tuesday, March 30. The artists of Gallery One are fantasizing this month. Dreams, imagination, and magic are all in view with this month’s show. W. Scott Broadfoot’s oil painting “Fantasy Still Life” illustrates this perfectly, and provides a little art history lesson as well. The phrase “trompe l’oeil” is French for “fool the eye,” and this painting technique uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. Although the term gained popularity in the early 19th century, the illusionistic technique associated with trompe l’oeil dates back to murals of the Greek and Roman eras. Scott’s painting is composed of modern-day objects arranged in a dream scenario and is so lifelike that one can almost smell the pipe tobacco and hear the mouse twittering.