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.

Juicy Paint

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Painting number 4, detail at right, is complete. This one is larger than the first 3 and measures 26x30. Willem Kalf has long been one of my favorite Dutch artists, and sadly there are no paintings by him in this exhibit. However there is a lovely one in the Portland Art Museum collection. The approach for this painting was to pattern the … [Read more...] about Juicy Paint

Another Sneak Peek

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Pictured is The Hunter's Present by Gabriel Metsu from the Dutch exhibit. I used this image for painting #3 which was an immensely enjoyable color palette to use because of the many variations. From a rich vermilion in the woman's dress to a subtle muted green in the background the lovely tones were perfect for my project. This painting has … [Read more...] about Another Sneak Peek

Sneak Peek

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Here you can see a detail of the still life painted from the color palette of the landscape by Jan Asselijn. Other than the color on the vase, it has the same monochromatic tone as the Dutch painting with several touches of bright color on the teapot. This painting will not be shown in its entirety until the exhibition in June at the Lawrence … [Read more...] about Sneak Peek

Sneak Preview

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A Sneak Preview....... Pictured here is one of the Dutch paintings used for this project. I have taken the color palette from a landscape by Jan Asselijn and painted a still life (a detail of painting #2). There are some beautiful rosy reds on the gentleman's cloak (not showing very well here) which I used in the color theme of the teapot(above). … [Read more...] about Sneak Preview

Studio Abandonment

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Several weeks have passed since grinding enough colors to get a good start on this project. And, in spite of the holidays, I am now on painting #3. Painting #1 is based on a portrait by Franz Hals which is of interest because of the wonderful lace collar on the gentleman. It is a very mono-chromatic painting with bravura brush strokes, showing … [Read more...] about Studio Abandonment