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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

Discriminating Palette

September 17, 2006 by Margret Short

Several months ago when I first learned about this Dutch exhibit, my first thought was "how splendid that it is coming to the United States"......then, I thought, "3 cities?".......AND Portland is one of them. I will be able to go many times during the 3 months of the exhibit because Portland is where I live. As time went on I began to think about … [Read more...] about Discriminating Palette

Tagged With: 17th century Dutch, dry pigments linseed oil, Dutch exhibit, Dutch paintings, paintings, pigment project, pigments, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

A Year of Magical Painting

August 26, 2006 by Margret Short

A very successful artist/teacher once told me, "an artist is like a magician." If we place the right color in the right place at the right time, magically a splendid image will appear. Well, I would add one more component to the magician. That is the art of juggling. Magically we manage to paint our passion and juggle life's other … [Read more...] about A Year of Magical Painting

Tagged With: 17th century pigments, historical pigments, Lessons from the Low Countries, painting, pigment project, pigments, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

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