This is a high key painting - most of the values are light with just a small amount of dark value in a few shadows and in the dark shiny color of the cherries. The high key makes the painting feel like a dazzling sunny scene, though in this case it's a dazzling bright spotlight to the right of my still life setup. I like the looseness of the highlight on the lip of the cup- it feels as if the atmosphere around the highlight is vibrating with the light. This one is going to Bainbridge Arts and Crafts in December.
Beautiful painting!!! And agree, love that sparkle of light!
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