Pink flamingo pool floats bob on turquoise water while smoke rises from a distant fire. Playful and ominous in the same frame. It should not work as a painting, but Ondina's loose, expressive egg tempera strokes make the tension feel inevitable. He mixes his own paint from viscous balsam, fossilized hard resin, egg yolk, and water, ingredients that should not combine and require patience to manipulate. The result is surfaces that feel ancient even when the subject is now. BFA Florida State University. MFA University of South Florida. Studio in Ybor City. Exhibited at The Ringling, Skyway 2021, and UCF and Rollins Art Museums.