Tree of Life

Details About Egg tempera on panel  6.3 x 11.81 in. icon board with rounded top © 2022 With the purchase of this artwork, Modern Eden Gallery will plant 100 trees in partnership with One Tree Planted.  E.E. Kono is a Los Angeles based artist. She has a BA in art history from the University of Iowa and studied art history at the University of Hull in England. Kono practices the ancient techniques of silverpoint drawing and egg tempera painting. Exhibits include group shows at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Riverside Art Museum, Torrance Art Museum, Gallery 825, Modern Eden, and Wow x Wow.Raised in Dubuque, Iowa, Kono spent her formative summers exposed to the global community of her parents' graduate housing. In her twenties she traveled throughout the world, working as an international flight attendant. While raising her daughter, she focused on children’s literature. She became an award-winning author/illustrator and has published over a dozen picture books. Among other honors,