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.

The Orphans of Wouter Winkel

The Orphans of Wouter Winkel

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The Orphans of Wouter Winkel by Margret E. Short 2007 16x20 Oil on Linen painting #3  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 The Orphans of Wouter Winkel

Metamorphosis

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Donkey Drivers beside a Ruin in Italy by Jan Asselijn Inspiration for Metamorphosis painting #2 Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit June 1 through 30, 2007 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Images, by special permission The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands … [Read more...] about Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

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Metamorphosis 12x12 Oil on Linen by Margret E. Short 2007 painting #2      Sold Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit 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 Metamorphosis

Life and Fecundity

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Combined Inspiration for Painting #1 Life and Fecundit Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Margret E. Short Lawrence Gallery June 1 through 30, 2007 Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art  Images by special permission from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands   … [Read more...] about Life and Fecundity

Life and Fecundity

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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

PRESS RELEASE

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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