Flying mermaids and moonlit dancers – Paula Rego: a life in pictures

The Dance, 1988, is a large painting featuring eight figures dancing on a beach in the moonlight. The scale of the work seems out of kilter, with the solitary woman seeming larger. At the time, this was the largest painting Rego had created, and it was completed in London, where Rego moved permanently in 1976.

Photograph: Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro