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Margret E. Short Fine Arts

Margret E. Short Fine Arts

Portland, Oregon artist Margret Short - a modern day master of 17th Century Dutch art using the chiaroscuro technique to create still life and floral paintings.

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Margret Short

The Metamorphosis of Ray Mar

April 15, 2010 by Margret Short

old oil painting of large bridge

Raymar Art Fine Art Competition Finalist, February 2010   Metamorphosis, 12x12, Oil on Linen, © Margret E. Short 2009, OPA. AWA Collection, Grant and Elizabeth Beech Metamorphosis is from my Lessons Series Project collection of eleven paintings which I completed in 2006-07.  All eleven were based on the color palette from … [Read more...] about The Metamorphosis of Ray Mar

Tagged With: Dutch Art, finalist, Informed Collector, Lessons from the Low Countries, Lessons Series pigment project, Margret Short, pigments, Ray Mar Art, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art

Beet Red

April 14, 2010 by Margret Short

photograph of vibrant beet vegetables

Beta Vulgaris … [Read more...] about Beet Red

Tagged With: art, beets, Beta vulgaris, colors, Margret Short, painting, pigments

Awards Banquet, Salon International

April 14, 2010 by Margret Short

Margret short and guest at art gallery

It was also a great pleasure to meet Christine Drewyer, another fellow artist, who won the Salmagundi Club President's Award in 2009. Christine and I, along with her husband, Richard, had the great pleasure of going to the Koogler McNay Museum exhibit and lunch with Ray Kinstler on the day of the reception. Mr. Kinstler is not only the renown … [Read more...] about Awards Banquet, Salon International

Salon International, San Antonio, 2010

April 14, 2010 by Margret Short

Margret short and guest at art gallery

Salon International, 2010, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, April 10th. It was a delight to meet a fellow still life painter, Olga Plam. Olga has a rich Russian background and paints luscious flowers. We have made a date to meet each other again in Scottsdale at the OPA National where we each have a piece exhibited. … [Read more...] about Salon International, San Antonio, 2010

Cleopatra’s Garden at OPA National

March 6, 2010 by Margret Short

still life dutch style painting style of bouquet of flowers by Margret short

  Oil Painters of America   19th Annual National Exhibition April 30 - May 30 -2010 Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona   Cleopatra's Garden   28x22 Oil on Linen   © Margret E. Short 2009, OPA. AWA One of 200 paintings selected from 2560 entries. Dedicated to preserving and promoting excellence in representational … [Read more...] about Cleopatra’s Garden at OPA National

Tagged With: Cleopatra's Garden, entry, Legacy Gallery, Margret E. Short, Oil Painters of America, oil painting, OPA, Scottsdale

The Italian Dancer

February 19, 2010 by Margret Short

photograph of woman with face painting

Frankee, the Italian Dancer, as a mermaid. A budding Cirque du Soleil member? Maybe! Courtesy, Diane Broer, and Frankee … [Read more...] about The Italian Dancer

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