Artist Uses a Medium Favoured by the Old Masters – Egg Tempera – to Create Stunning Paintings

We’ve been a huge fan of artist Robert Clinch‘s work for some time now, mesmerised by the glow and brilliance of detail in his beautiful paintings.  Clinch works in a traditional medium favoured by the Old Masters, egg tempera, which is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of coloured pigment mixed with egg yolk. Tempera paintings are very long lasting, and examples from the 1st century AD still exist.

Although Clinch’s imagery is realistic, inspired by architecture from Melbourne, Australia, the settings are chosen not only for their visual appeal but more importantly, their symbolic content.

An exhibition is currently being held which showcases Clinch’s body of work at the Art Gallery of Ballarat until September 2013. If you are in the area, it is a “must see”.

 

“SPARTACUS” 2013. Egg-tempera on panel. 107cm x 105cm. Available at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art.

 

“Solitary” 2008. Egg Tempera on Panel. 45cm x 91cm. Available at Philip Bacon Galleries.

 

“Canary Yellow” 1994. Gouache/Watercolour/Drybrush. 146cm x 90cm.

 

“Fanfare For The Common Man” 2003. Pure Egg Tempera on Panel. 107cm x 105cm. Private Collection.

 

“From Bauhaus To Our House” 1993. Gouache/Watercolour/Drybrush. 27cm x 56cm. Private Collection.

 

“Lots Wife” 1992. Gouache/Watercolour/Drybrush. 107cm x 198cm. Available at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art.

 

“Dovetailed” 2001. Pure Egg Tempera on Panel. 40cm x 99cm. Private Collection.

 

“Memory” 2006. Pure Egg Tempera on Panel. 115cm x 113cm. Private Collection.

 

“The Grand Reading Room” 1998. Pure Egg Tempera on Panel. 107cm x 105cm. Collection: Potter Museum Of Art, University Of Melbourne.