Life and Fecundity 11x12 Oil on Linen by Margret E. Short 2007 Painting #1 Sold Lessons from the Low Countries June 1 through 30, 2007 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon Copyright Margret E. Short Photography, Ben Reed, NW Photo and Digital, Oregon City, Oregon … [Read more...] about Life and Fecundity
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PRESS RELEASE
Dear Friends, For the past year, I have been grinding the world's most precious minerals and replicating historic pigments to capture the "bling" in the canvases from the age of Rembrandt. My inspirations were eleven specific 17th-century Dutch paintings, from which I have appropriated the color palettes for each of my own Dutch … [Read more...] about PRESS RELEASE
Performance Peaked
Performance Peaked! Final painting #11 revealed. Watch for all eleven images along with the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art exhibit inspiration paintings in a few days. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has graciously given me permission to post the images here on the blog, and publish them in an exhibit catalog. … [Read more...] about Performance Peaked
Finish Line
The Dutch artist, Michiel van Musscher, painted Michael Comans, Calligrapher, Etcher, which is the source painting for number eleven in the Lessons from the Low Countries series. Musscher, 1645-1705, trained in Amsterdam and received instruction … [Read more...] about Finish Line
Pins and Needles
Tension is mounting! Painting #10. Only one more to reveal, and the Lessons from the Low Countries series is complete. As you can see it grew from the original 10 to 11 paintings which are now all completed, photographed, documented, and will be posted here in a few days. It is amazing how many chores must be done at this late date, and I am … [Read more...] about Pins and Needles
Rembrandt, Oysters, and Pronkstillevens
Many artists’ names in this Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art exhibit are not familiar like Rembrandt’s, but they are masters in their own right, non-the-less. This is true of Abraham Mignon, the painter of Still Life with Fruit and Oysters and is the source piece for #10 in my series. Mignon’s canvas, filled with flowers, ribbons, sheet … [Read more...] about Rembrandt, Oysters, and Pronkstillevens