Book titled "Art & Love: My Life Illuminated in Egg Tempera" by Lora Arbrador

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Hello! I’m Lora Arbrador, painter of daring (and caring) stories of love, death and healing in the ancient medium of egg tempera. And…I’ve written a book!

After 14 years of gestation, my memoir/coffee table art book will be born on June 12, 2025. Available for pre-order May 12, 2025.

Art & Love: My Life Illuminated in Egg Tempera is a memoir of a woman’s quest to master the ancient art of egg tempera painting, gain confidence as an artist and find lasting love.

A woman in a blue cardigan and colorful scarf is painting at a table. She is holding a paintbrush over a palette with green, brown, and red paint, next to a bowl of eggs. A painting is visible in the background.

About

At the age of 19, Lora Arbrador was given a recipe for making egg tempera paint. Like a musician with a strong affinity for a particular instrument, Arbrador found her creative home in egg tempera. To support her art practice, Arbrador became a registered nurse and the medical world has been the inspiration for many of her paintings.

Surreal painting of a man holding a glass in one hand and dozens of pills in the other. In the upper right is a cake inscribed, "Bon Voyage Tom."

I paint daring and caring stories of love, death & healing in the ancient medium of egg tempera. 

A painting depicting two intertwined figures with flowers growing between them like a planter box on a turquoise background.
Painting of a nude woman in yoga Tree Pose against an ornate, Persian patterned background in warm red-brown tones.

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