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.

The Tears of Fernad

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Sold by Margret E. Short  2007 30x30 Oil on Linen Painting #7 Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon Copyright Margret E. Short Photography Ben Reed, NW Photo and Digital, Oregon City, Oregon … [Read more...] about The Tears of Fernad

Performance Piqued

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Several of the eleven paintings in the Lessons from the Low Countries series have been posted. More coming soon. Copyrights Margret E. Short  All Rijksmuseum images with permission from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. All Margret Short photographs by Ben Reed, Northwest Photo and Digital, Oregon City, Oregon … [Read more...] about Performance Piqued

Adriaen’s Locket

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Self Portrait with His Wife by Adriaen van de Werff.  Inspiration for Adriaen's Locket painting #6 Lessons from the Low Countries Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon June 1 through 30, 2007 Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art images by special permission, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. … [Read more...] about Adriaen’s Locket

Adriaen’s Locket

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SOLD Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon June 1 through 30, 2007 Copyright Margret E. Short Photography, Ben Reed, NW Photo and Digital, Oregon City, Oregon … [Read more...] about Adriaen’s Locket

Ode to Rachel

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Still Life with Flowers     by Rachel Ruysch  Inspiration for Ode to Rachel painting #5 Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon June 1 through 30, 2007 Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art image by special permission, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.     … [Read more...] about Ode to Rachel