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.

Lessons from the Low Country

Each work is inspired by the color palette of a select painting in the exhibit Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art, which traveled the United States in 2006-2007.

Very Vermilion

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Back in October of 2006 while viewing the Rembrandt exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute, I knew in an instant this one must be used as a source painting for one in my Lessons from the Low Countries series. The anticipation of using this masterpiece was heightened because of the brilliant and varied pigment possibilities. After seeing this small … [Read more...] about Very Vermilion

One Month Till Liftoff

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Today, May 1, 2007, marks the one month deadline for the beginning of my Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit. Please mark this on your calendar. Lawrence Gallery 903 NW Davis Portland, Oregon 97209 503-228-1776 June 1 thru June 30, 2007 Opening Reception First Thursday, June 7, 6-9pm I will be sending out announcements via mail and … [Read more...] about One Month Till Liftoff

Art Studio-CSI

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Countless times over the past months of Lessons from the Low Countries research, I have made splendid discoveries. And, yesterday's was no less so. While reading the Still Lifes: Techniques and Style book where the pronk discovery developed, I found a delightful reference to a relationship between an artist's wealth and pigment use. Pictured … [Read more...] about Art Studio-CSI

Blue Ribbons

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A very faithful reader of this blog brought to my attention that I have not included any information about painting #6. I promised to write a post describing this painting which actually was completed several weeks ago. Shown here is a very small detail of my completed painting based on the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Exhibit … [Read more...] about Blue Ribbons

Daily Mantras

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As the months have gone by and the work on #6, #7 , #8 has been progressing, I have had a nagging issue with the very first project painting, #1. Last week I made the decision to remedy this. It would only be natural that I would become more and more adept at handling the very different historic pigments, just from the constant daily use. I must … [Read more...] about Daily Mantras