Genuine Egg Tempera - An Enigmatic Amalgam

Variety of a single color and its tones, the transition from one pronounced shade to the next, in degrees of saturation and density, are the foundation of a painting’s palette. The unique relationship between hues, harmoniously united in an artwork, is ruled by the auteur vision and individual style of the artist.

GENUINE EGG TEMPERA: AN ENIGMATIC AMALGAM, a feature article written by genuine egg tempera master fine artists Elena Vladimir Baranoff and Anastasia Elena Baranoff, looks at the way color plays in a fine art composition and focuses on the exceptional pigment Lapis Lazuli.

The Brush Of Genuine Egg Tempera Master Fine Artist Elena Vladimir Baranoff | Lapis Lazuli & Gold

GENUINE EGG TEMPERA: AN ENIGMATIC AMALGAM

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The myriad of tones help to uncover the meaning and inner content of images, infuse originality into action and mood, showing the world in its diversity, aesthetically affecting the viewer….

Derived from natural sources, such as compressed earth deposits, semi-precious stones, an entire range of pigments is the organic basis of genuine egg tempera.

Highly respected for its remarkable qualities, one such semi-precious stone is lapis lazuli, also known as genuine ultramarine, the “sapphire” of the ancient world.

Through cultures and centuries, lapis lazuli played a special role in art, reaching its peak as the lavish color of choice. Ranging from azure to intense deep blue, the rare pigment was and continues to be used as a stand alone color in the most precious paintings….

For us as genuine egg tempera masters, founders of Egg Tempera Movement, infusing new life into the lasting fine art tradition, colors and their endless possibility of shades, perform a leading role and have symbolic meaning.

Fairy tale fine art storytellers, we express our rich imagination through orchestration of colors in original paintings, visually carrying away the viewer to a realm of inspirational fantasy….

GENUINE EGG TEMPERA: AN ENIGMATIC AMALGAM written by Elena Vladimir Baranoff and Anastasia Elena Baranoff, can be seen in the magazine issue “HUE”.