I've long been a fan of 16th and 17th Spanish still life painters, particularly Juan Sanchez Cotan. His depictions of fruits, often lit against dark backgrounds, work a strange magic on me. They're austere, glowing and luscious at the same time. Winding my way through the streets of Burgos I came across several fruit sellers whose wares were beautifully displayed. Though Cotan's compositions were nothing like this--his often featured only a few items with a lot of space between them--I got a visceral sense of where his inspiration came from.