What makes you stop and admire a painting?

Is it perhaps the combination of colors that catches your eye, the play of light and shadow that creates depth, or the expression of the soul that shines through the faces or landscapes portrayed?

For me, perhaps it is the idea the artist has hidden behind each brushstroke, the story the painting tells, or the emotion it manages to evoke, as if suddenly time stopped and a silent dialogue was established between me and the work.

And you?

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