Venice, anyone?

A couple of images of Venice caught my eye at the Cancer Research "Art for life" fundraiser. This one by Patrick Hughes, master of perspectival illusion. The photo might (or might not) show how he does it - by having the furthest point of the painting on the foremost plane of the 3D construction. When you stand in front of the picture and move from side to side, the perspective moves with you. (Almost as disconcerting as those eyes in portraits that follow you around the room.) The other is by Bill Jacklin, one of my favourite artists.