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Martine Van de Walle (born 1968 in Lokeren) is a Belgian artist known for her hyperrealistic still lifes, often featuring cherries. Her style is strongly inspired by the Old Masters, with a strong focus on light effects, pigment blends, and capturing textures such as sheen or water droplets.
Cherries often feature as a central subject, reflecting her personal preference; Martine herself calls them her favorite theme in her fruit still lifes.
She paints cherries with subtle light reflections on the shiny surface, water droplets disrupting the roundness, and the stem shining, often on dark backgrounds for dramatic contrast.
Her compositions are deliberately sober, so that the attention is fully focused on the fruit and the refinement of the use of materials.