There’s some stunning trompe l’oeil going on in Sandra’s picture. The mixture of classical painting, seen in the battle scene at the top of the image, and modern subject matter is a tough one to carry off, but thanks to Sandra’s use of the illusory trompe l’oeil effect, which makes the background figures literally leap out into the space shared by the dancer in the foreground, it has been achieved perfectly. The combination of a battle scene with Liberty at the centre, exhorting the masses to fight for freedom, is an interesting juxataposition with the frivolity of the dancing figure on the neon-lit stage and produces a fascinating composition that’s beautifully painted.

Elsewhere over the past week I’ve enjoyed the surreal serenity of Gramofon Falls by George Piatygorets, and the sketchy Conceptual stylings of Dolly’s House by David Taylor. Other close runners for the Pic of the Week were the charming Girl With Pigeons by Patrick de Vries, Cuyler Smith’s Metamorphosis with its restrained yet attention-grabbing colour harmony, and Sterling by Jarrod Clark.

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