The Art of Daniel Ambrose
Hauntingly Beautiful Paintings“Find what you love, and make it yours”
Available Paintings
HUGHES GALLERY
Florida
CHERYL NEWBY GALLERY
South Carolina
CROSSNORE GALLERY
North Carolina
LILY PAD GALLERY
Rhode Island
“Daniel paints with such a tender and open heart and I always love hosting an exhibit for him.” – Barbara Hughes
Ten for a Bird, Not to Be Missed
Egg Tempera, 24 x 36 in.
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The extraordinary, luminous paintings of Daniel Ambrose reside in exceptional art collections worldwide. Ambrose is a master of painting in the historic medium of egg tempera, perfected in the High Renaissance centuries ago. To create his timeless egg tempera paintings, Ambrose makes his own paint from a 15th century Italian recipe, using egg yolks and natural earth pigments.
Recently Sold Paintings
Soaring – Oil -Hughes Gallery – SOLD
Summer Rain – Oil- Hughes Gallery – SOLD
From the Journal
Inspiring stories behind the paintings, life as an artist…
May Twilight Selected for Copley Society National Show
I am pleased to announce that my egg tempera painting May Twilight was selected for the Copley Society National Show: Connected Land & Sea! I wrote a little about my inspiration for May Twilight in this post. The Copley Society of Art is the oldest non-profit...
The Light Keepers – Memory and Imagination
They came down from the sky to alight on the shore, and left their hieroglyphic tracks pressed in the sand. I followed them to the sea. They gathered in the shoal where decades ago my children played as toddlers. The surf receded, the clouds parted, and the sun...
The Nearness of Angels
The studio, almost midnight, my young cat leaps on the windowsill and yowls at the full moon.Ocean breeze wafts the linen curtains. A distant train sounds its horn as it rattles over the bridge near my old river home. It thunders over the remnants of the road built...
The Art of Egg Tempera Painting
Exhibition • Enrichment • Enlightenment
What is Egg Tempera Painting?
I taught myself the technique of painting in egg tempera about 30 years ago from a recipe written in the 15th century by the Italian artist Cennino Cennini. While rummaging around an antiquated bookstore, I discovered a 1933 edition of The Craftsman’s Handbook.
How to Prepare Egg Tempera Panels
The humble egg has proven itself to be an enduring painting medium throughout art history. Egg was used as a paint binder by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks thousands of years ago. During the European Renaissance, the art of egg tempera painting flourished before gradually declining as oil found it’s way into painters studios.
Why Egg?
The earliest recorded history of using egg to make paint is beleived to be in the creation of the Fayum mummy portraits in 80 A.D.