About this painting

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.

Egg tempera painting, as old as the Egyptians, was most famous during the Renaissance and the method taught to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci as young students. The paint is more durable than oil 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 and will retain its color brilliance for generations.

About the Artist

Jason Drake is an American realist painter whose work is focused on the figure, the landscape, and intimate beauty of the natural world. His style elevates uniqueness over the banal, the deep spark over the quick flash. He believes that his art should lift you up, elevate your perspective and help you hold onto things that have meaning.