Renowned food artist Michelle Wibowo has worked her magic to create a giant, edible optical illusion - taking inspiration from the famous Pintos painting by Californian artist Bev Dolittle which presents the question how many horses can you see? The new interpretation has been 'painted' to mark the official UK launch of Californian wine Dark Horse, a premium wine offering exceptional quality. It has been made using ingredients from the tasting notes of the Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon variants, including three kg of dark chocolate, three kg of caramel, seven kg of dried apple, two kg of spice and four kg coffee beans. The edible spectacle measures an impressive 8ft x 6ft and weighs almost 20 kg. Taking 60 hours to create, it involved painstaking planning, preparation and construction by Michelle in order to reimagine the tricky optical illusions that can be found in the original artwork. She pencilled the entire image by hand first before filling it in with the wine tasting notes, to ensure the optical illusion has observers transfixed and debating whether there are three, four or five horses in the picture.
