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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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Cannon Beach 17th Annual Spring Art Unveiling

May 3, 2017 by Margret Short

May 5 through 7

Come join me and many other artists this coming weekend for the Spring Art Unveiling Festivities in Cannon Beach. I will be at Bronze Coast Gallery ‘unveiling’ five new pieces and a new pigment project painted exclusively for this exhibit. During the unveiling, scheduled for 12:30 on Saturday the 6th, I will give a presentation to discuss the topic of the exciting new project that has an intriguing, regional, and historical twist.

Sneak Peeks of New Paintings

Detail, Oil on linen,

This event is sponsored by members of the Cannon Beach Gallery Group. Come play along the shores of Cannon Beach and in the varied and beautiful galleries. Nestled between the wild ocean and the coastal mountains, Cannon Beach offers art and craft ranging from the playful to the sublime. During this event, each gallery will spotlight new work by their chosen artists. Unveilings, demos, and receptions take place all weekend long, making this event an unparalleled experience for the art lover.

In its 24th year, Bronze Coast Gallery has become one of the Oregon Coast’s premiere fine art galleries. The gallery also spotlights the finest in original painting and sculptures, and features more than thirty award-winning regional, national and international artists.

Detail, Oil on Linen
Detail, Oil on Linen

Chiaroscuro Painting

Oil painting with the chiaroscuro technique illuminates the focus area with a strong light. All other areas are painted with less detail, lower values, and intensity of color giving a mysterious appearance. By putting one or two objects in the important focus area, a strong but simple composition will emerge. Combining these oil painting techniques with a selection of superior natural pigments and oil paints result in the beautiful and evocative quality known as Chiaroscuro Painting.

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  1. Matthew Smallen says

    May 25, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    I’m a still life oil painter in Portland too. Seeing your work is inspiring me to step up my game. You’re the best in the biz! Proud to know you are a Portland artist. I’m just starting my professional life as an artist and it helps to see a local success story, especially a realistic still life painter. Outstanding talent!!

    • Margret Short says

      May 26, 2017 at 5:52 pm

      Thank you so much for commenting, Matthew, as it is nice to hear from a fellow Portland still life artist. It must have been very therapeutic to take the plunge and dive full ahead into a full time art career. I hope it will be a gratifying move for you. Your realistic style is quite compelling. Keep up the great work. Hopefully we will meet around town someday.

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