A hauntingly evocative oil painting on panel by Belgian artist Tom Poelmans, *Het verleden is een ander land* (The Past is a Foreign Country) captures a dreamlike sense of memory and displacement through Poelmans' signature figurative style. Rendered with a quiet, melancholic atmosphere, the work draws the viewer into a world that feels both intimately familiar and irretrievably distant. The artist's handcrafted frame becomes an integral part of the composition, further blurring the boundary between the painted world and the one we inhabit.