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.

Oregon Art Beat

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:   For all readers within earshot of Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Art Beat, the Emmy Award winning program, will air my segment from last year and 2003.

When: This coming Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Time:   8:00 PM

Channel 10 – OPB

It will repeat on Sunday, June 24th, 2007 – 6:00 PM

KC Cowan will announce all the updates about the current exhibit at Lawrence Gallery, Lessons from the Low Countries. Hope you will tune in.

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. Hi Margaret~
    Thank you so much for your gracious comments on my blog. Yes, I would love to sit down and chat about the magic of vermilion. I’m rather partial to Holbein’s Chinese vermilion, but I certainly did admire the intensity of the hues you obtained using the historic pigments. Perhaps we should stay in touch. There seems to be plenty that we have in common.
    ~Sue Smith
    P.S. I’ve added links to your web page on my web page and blog. Pat Velte of Whitewing (Alyson’s friend) is redesigning my web site so I am really looking forward to the new look.
    Also~ I miss your posts! what’s new?