Edgar Mueller is a street artist. His work is three dimensional. His tools of the trade are paint, chalk, and a sidewalk.
He was born in Mulheim an der Ruhr on July 10th 1968. He grew up in Straelen, a small city on the edge of Germany. The beauty of his home town inspired him to paint.
While in high school, he entered a street art competition. He was sixteen the first time he entered. When he was nineteen, he won the competition with a copy of “Jesus at Emmaus.” He still holds the title maestro madonnari (master street painter).
His paintings are incredibly technical and takes anywhere from three days to a week to create. He has to work fast due to weather conditions. If a drop gets on one of his paintings, it is ruined.
There is a science to his artwork. He paints a three-d picture on a flat surface. Below, is a picture of one of his paintings from the “wrong” angle. Above, is the viewing point of the picture. 
There is really only one viewing point to admire the painting the way it was meant to be seen.
This painting was done for the movie Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. It was painted on the pavement at the Westfield Shopping Center in London. It broke the world record for the largest 3-D painting; it was 3,440 square feet. It took six days to complete. Edgar said, “I’m not a record hunter, but because I want to change public areas into a different look, to look different from daily life I have to go huge. If I want to change a street, then I have to cover the whole street, so that’s the reason my paintings are so big.”
His paintings are interactive and meant for pictures!
He can turn a simple sidewalk into a winter wonderland.
The shark painting was created for the Illusion of Art Festival in Hong Kong.
The video below gives us a glimpse into his process.
Edgar Mueller is truly a great artist. He takes an everyday object that everyone is too busy to notice and turns it into a remarkable piece of art. I am in love with his artwork, but as much as it makes me happy, it makes me sad too. The art is temporary. Something as simple as a rain shower could remove his masterpiece that took hours to create.
By: Erica Katherine Stewart