A Love Affair With Egg Tempera Painting: Exploring The Fragility of Life Through Art | Lora Arbrador
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In this fun and inspiring conversation, artist, author, and nurse Lora Arbrador shares her remarkable creative journey and lifelong devotion to the ancient art of egg tempera painting.
From discovering art as a teenager to navigating self-doubt, nursing through the AIDS epidemic, and finding inspiration in the human stories that shaped her life, Lora offers a moving reflection on creativity, purpose, and resilience.
Together, we explore how art can become a vessel for meaning, healing, and self-discovery, as well as the surprising ways our creative practice continues to call us home through every season of life.
In this episode, we explore:
- How Lora unexpectedly fell in love with art at age 12 and began her creative journey.
- What egg tempera painting is and why this ancient medium has captivated her for more than 50 years.
- The unique process of creating paint from egg yolks and pigment.
- The discipline, patience, and quiet beauty of working in a slow, layered medium.
- How a career in nursing profoundly influenced the themes and stories within her artwork.
- Creating paintings inspired by human resilience, disability, illness, love, and transformation.
- The relationship between storytelling, visual art, and memoir writing.
- Why self-doubt can coexist with a lifelong creative calling.
- The difference between artistic confidence and creative devotion.
- Creativity as a practice that continues to nourish and sustain us through changing life seasons.
- The moments of insight, intuition, and unexpected breakthroughs that emerge during the creative process.
- The possibility that art helps us connect with something larger than ourselves.
- Why playfulness may be one of the most important ingredients in a meaningful creative practice.
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