Still life painting is an artistic genre that focuses on depicting inanimate objects, often everyday items like fruits, flowers, vases, books, and household items. The purpose of still life is to showcase the beauty, texture, and form of ordinary objects, capturing their details in a realistic or stylized way. Artists use various techniques to create still life paintings, including careful attention to light and shadow, composition, and color. These paintings often have deep symbolic meaning, with objects representing themes such as life, death, abundance, or transience. Still life paintings can be done in various mediums, such as oil paints, acrylics, or watercolors, and can range from highly realistic to more abstract styles. The genre has been popular for centuries, starting with Dutch Golden Age painters, and remains a favorite for both beginners and professional artists due to the control it offers over the subject matter and composition.