![detail from the gleaners, with Liz Truss sitting under a tree](https://dalessandri.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/P1040082.jpg)
I have just finished my painting The Gleaners, complete with a figure bearing a striking resemblance to the The British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The paint has barely dried, and now I’m worried that she won’t be in office by the time I get to show the painting to the public.
The 3rd November. That’s the opening night of Cluster Contemporary, when I get to reveal it to the public. I would put money on her being deposed before then. Oh well.
I had the same problem when I featured Boris Johnson in a recent painting.
![boris johnson and macron in my painting The Wrestlers](https://dalessandri.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/P1040371.jpg)
Boris Johnson’s dethroning was a long drawn out affair. That won’t be the case with Liz Truss. And also, I was not that worried about Johnson no longer being PM, as he was such a high profile figure, people won’t forget him in a hurry. Unlike Liz Truss.
A gallery owner once warned me that some of my paintings would have a limited shelf life, because of my inclusion of public figures. They were referring specifically to my painting Alleged Assault on Pax by Mars, with Biden and Trump.
![Alleged Assault on Pax by Mars, after Rubens, with Trump, Biden and Dominic Cummings](https://dalessandri.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/war-and-peace-2000.jpg)
Well, they may have a point. But I am producing these works because they are about subjects and themes I feel very strongly about: War and peace; Post Truth; social inequality. They don’t get much bigger than that. We are living in a tumultuous time, and the rapid changes at the head of the British government just reflect that. So bring them on. Whoever is next, I’ll have my paint brushes ready.