I have never believed that a medium is inherently superior to another. Every material carries its own way of thinking. Yet tempera on wasli paper has become the only surface that does not ask me to compromise. If egg tempera did not demand an inflexible ground, it might have been my medium of choice. It is possible to work with it on heavy paper or stretched canvas, but eventually the dried skin of egg and pigment will crack with a slight bend What keeps bringing me back to t