DANCING DOG

Viennese artist Raja SchwahnReichmann dipped into Swiss fairy tales for inspiration—choosing a oneeyed dog that sometimes stands on his hind legs and is known to provoke people at happy gatherings.

Schwahn-Reichmann’s paintings are heavily influenced by baroque style. “So it was hard to do something dark,” she says, “but then I realised I liked all these dark fairy tales. With the real monsters in the fairy tales, you don’t realise who they are because they look sweet.”