Original Painting of a Glass with Ice

This is an original acrylic painting on a 24x36 inch canvas by Palm Springs artist Stephan Smith, dated 2026. The artwork features a single glass filled with a dark liquid and ice cubes, rendered in a contemporary realist style with expressive, painterly brushwork. The color palette is sophisticated, utilizing a pale pink and mint green wash for the background, juxtaposed against the deep siennas, blacks, and cool highlights of the glass. A purple and orange border is visible at the extreme top edge. The artist demonstrates high craftsmanship through the complex light refractions and reflections within the glass, creating a sense of transparency and weight. The paint application varies from thin glazes in the background to thicker, deliberate strokes defining the ice and liquid. The condition appears to be excellent, consistent with its recent completion date, with no visible signs of cracking, fading, or surface damage. The vertical orientation and central composition focus the viewer's attention on the interplay of light and shadow, characteristic of modern still-life painting in the mid-century modern aesthetic often associated with Palm Springs.