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Alex Garcia is an egg tempera artist based in San Antonio, Texas. Garcia was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The history of his introduction to egg tempera begins while on a class trip to the Brandywine Museum in Pennsylvania. There Garcia was introduced to the work of Andrew Wyeth for the first time. Read More

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Two recent paintings, shown below, by Alex Garcia were juried into the San Antonio Art League Museum’s annual Artist Exhibition. “Sunday Routine” a 16×20 egg tempera on panel and “Sunday Mourning” a 14×18 egg tempera on panel were both accepted into the annual exhibition. The exhibition will be held from April 11 thru May 22, [...]

Sunday Mourning – 14×18 in. Egg Tempera on Panel

What is Egg Tempera?

Tempera (or egg tempera) is the primary type of artist’s paint and associated art techniques that were prevalent in Europe’s Middle Ages. It is paint made by binding pigment in an egg medium However, the term tempera in modern times is also used by some manufacturers to refer to ordinary poster paint, which is a form of gouache that has nothing to do with real egg tempera.

Tempera was traditionally created by hand-grinding dry powdered pigments into egg yolk (which was the primary binding agent or medium), sometimes along with other materials such as honey, water, milk (in the form of casein) and a variety of plant gums. Egg Tempera Painting Information and Demo by Alex Garcia