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About Egg Tempera
Egg tempera painting, still viewable on preserved Egyptian mummies, was most famous during the Renaissance and the method taught to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci as young students. The paint retains its brilliance unlike any other, and has unsurpassed luminosity with dozens of layers quickly applied in a single session. The artist makes tempera paint from the yoke of an egg combined with powdered pigments. An egg tempera painting in your collection will give you many lifetimes of viewing pleasure.
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One Gray Morning
Egg tempera on panel, 6 x 9”
The Canada Goose is often seen along the New River in pairs as they move up and down the waterway stopping every once in a while. The early morning air is punctuated with the sound of their honking as they float quietly over the rising mist above the water.
Little Mischief
Egg tempera on panel, 6 x 9”
A little racoon can be seen around the barn or on the porch after dark and are usually up to no good. It wasn’t until a neighbor raised a pair of them that I saw how personable and like a pet they can be. Of course, my wife reminded me of the book she read to our children called “Rascal” which illustrated a young boy’s adventures with his pet racoon.
Eventide
Oil on linen, 18 x 36”
When you live in the mountains, returning home is a more moving experience. The long, winding roads obscure the sights you are longing to see until the last minute and your emotions are held in check. Around the final bend in the fading light you stop to take in the feelings that are drifting in the settling mist and you are reminded that this is where you belong.
Virginia Beauties
Egg tempera on panel, 16 x 20”
Foraging for apples in the Blue Ridge Mountains means you bring your long-poled apple picker to a neighbor's house and help them harvest the beauties that are ready each fall. Then you share baskets full of fruit for making pies, cobblers, and crunches whose recipes have been passed down for generations. Virginia Beauties are dark and small but have a crisp, fresh taste with plenty of sweetness.
Atop the Garden Wall
Egg tempera on aluminum composite panel, 24 x 16”
The garden is carefully managed adjacent to a rock wall, built one summer by our son Jordan, at the base of a magnificent Colorado Blue Spruce tree. The Oxeye Daisies fill the slope under the pine branches whose needles are a soft blue and rubbery texture in the spring. The brilliant white petals splash a distinctive color accent against the dark cool shade full of pine needles.
Delicate Balance
Egg tempera on panel, 6 x 9”
The elegant egret appears so fragile, so delicate, that you might think it has little chance of survival in this scary world where birds are losing so much of their habitat to the growth of human endeavor. But this bird is seen nearly worldwide and its magnificent bearing make it a wonder to behold wherever you see it. I am fortunate to see them regularly along the New River.
Early Winter Dusting
Watercolor on paper, 18 x 27”
Appalachian barns are simple and conservative but many have lasted for generations and are still being used today. That first snow in November blankets the ground while the leaves are still clinging to branches. This painting is beautifully framed with museum quality glass.