Local artist's scene makes the silver screen

In the unlikely event that you can take your eyes off Meryl Streep when she's on screen, you might spot a product of the local art world in "It's Complicated."

Mitchell Johnson, an artist with a studio in Palo Alto, has three paintings in the film. One landscape hangs over the fireplace in Meryl Streep's character's home. (Click here to see it in the set.)

Thanks to Hollywood magic, the film is set in Santa Barbara, but the interiors were shot in New York, and the fireplace landscape depicts Meyreuil, France. No wonder Steve Martin, who's playing an architect, looks so confused in all the trailers.

Pictured: "Meyreuil," a 2003 landscape by Mitchell Johnson.