About this painting

Outside My Window shows the winsome Chickadee, a favorite of nearly everyone. Seeing one in your yard brings an immediate sense of wonder at the cute little creature who somehow seems to make it through the year with no one to take care of it.

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.