Current works for sale: Josephine Josephsen

Egg tempera and gold leaf

A medieval technique I workshopped in Siena (Italy). Rabbit-skin glue gesso applied in many layers onto seasoned timber panel; more layers of Armenian red earth bole; water-gilded 23kt gold leaf, burnished and tooled; painted with egg tempera, first as terra-verde grisaille and then final colours; sealed with epoxy resin (not traditional, but to protect delicate surface). Small works, beautifully framed to finish ready to hang or stand

Golden Girl

25x20x5cm $900

Autumn Gold

25x20x5cm $900

Detail

Side view