Starfish Egg Tempera Painting

This week I finished an egg tempera painting of a starfish. I used a photo taken by Tony in the Maldives as reference. The painting is 7 x 9.5 inches.


Probably due to my lack of expertise in photography and setting up the correct lighting I'm never able to reproduce the full vibrancy of the colors when I photograph the paintings. Try as I might I have failed with every single photo I've taken to show the paintings on the site. Below is a photo taken with a different camera; this one is a lot darker, but it shows some of the richness of the reds and greens that occur in the original painting.

Unfortunately I'm never able to combine the richness of the colors with the brightness of the painting - one is always sacrificed for the other. Here are the two photos side by side, if you can extrapolate between the two, then, combined, they convey the overall impression.












Do you have any suggestions on how to manage both aspects in one photograph?

Maldives Palm Tree Egg Tempera Painting

Here is an egg tempera painting of a palm tree in the Maldives. I finished it about an hour ago. It's 18 x 13 inches.


The photo I used as a reference was taken by Tony. I love the oranges and yellows and the contrast they make with the deep reds and greens. I think this painting is my favorite so far.
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Egg Tempera Painting of Mirihi

The sun is shining for the first time in quite a while! I've been waiting to have enough light to photograph the egg tempera painting of Mirihi that I finished just over a week ago. Here it is, the painting is 20 x 15 inches:


Mirihi is an island in the Maldives, Asia. I have never been, but my husband loves it there. I used one of his beautiful photographs as a reference for this painting. Something about this scene caught my attention. What a lovely place to eat, in the fresh air, sharing a fantastic view with good company.