This pastel still life of lemons is a vibrant, tactile study of light caught in the everyday. The lemons, deep yellow almost amber in their sunniest areas, rest on a crumpled white cloth, with soft shadows melting into shades of lavender, ochre and olive green. The background is diffuse, barely suggested with warm tones and broad brushstrokes, making the fruits seem to float within an atmosphere suspended between realism and evocation. The process was deeply physical. Working with pastels demanded direct, almost intimate contact with the paper. Each layer of colour was applied with the fingers, blurring the pigments to mimic the slightly porous texture of lemon peel. The artist experimented with overlapping colours - mixing canary yellow with soft greens and oranges - to suggest the hues that light cast on the rough surface. The composition developed organically, without sketching, allowing the objects to ‘appear’ as the hand felt them. The inspiration behind the work was the desire to celebrate the commonplace. Not as something vulgar, but as something profoundly beautiful in its honesty. The lemons, bought from a street stall one spring afternoon, had small imperfections: spots, indentations, scars. Instead of hiding them, the artist exalted them. For there - in what is neither symmetrical nor polished - lies what is truly human. The use of pastel was not accidental: its chromatic richness and malleability were ideal for capturing not only the colour, but also the soul of these lemons, which seem to glow from within, as if they contained light.