What makes this a good painting?

The subject matter is simple and understandable: a bottle and a couple of containers on a small wooden table in a corner of a room. We can see a piece of a picture on the wall, a bit of drape, and a part of the floor. The objects completely fill the frame.

The table top appears to be turned towards the viewer, we are looking straight down at it while some of the objects are either seen from the side or from the top and side at the same time. There is a visual conflict here which makes the picture interesting.

Reality competes with good assembly of shapes: the painting shows a birds-eye view and a side view at the same time. For example, we ‘know’ that the gray bowl stands flat on the orange table cloth (rather than being balanced on its edge), and we know from its shading that it is a round or oval bowl, and, finally, that we should realistically see elliptical shapes.

Yet, we do not need realistic shapes to understand the concept “bowl on table”. The artist (that is: me) ignores reality not only without sacrificing our understanding of the picture but he uses the freedom and beauty of lines and shapes to advantage.

Agree?