“I’ve found that the meditative process of layering the thin, delicate brushstrokes that make up the surface of a tempera painting has the effect of imparting an intimate stillness to even the most active composition.”

In an atelier-based school, like the Art Students League, an instructor’s work of art can serve as a kind of shorthand for the unique curriculum that he or she brings to the studio.

Notable work from the classes of James Garvey, Leonid Gervits, Doug Safranek, and Dan Thompson