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Margret E. Short Fine Arts

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.

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More Grisaille Magic

More Grisaille Magic

September 19, 2006 by Margret Short

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Grisaille Magic

September 19, 2006 by Margret Short

This project is taking on a life of its own. Good progress today! After a visit to Lawrence Gallery, they have enthusiastically agreed to show my body of work as an exhibit next May along with the opening of the Dutch Exhibit at the Portland Museum. Also, I have worked out the logistics of the demo in Dayton. To expedite matters I remembered a … [Read more...] about Grisaille Magic

Tagged With: chiaroscuro, Dutch exhibit, grisaille, pigment project, Portland Art Museum, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

Chiaroscuro…Lights and Darks

September 18, 2006 by Margret Short

Throughout this past spring and summer I began contacting the Dayton Art Institute to inquire about dates, catalogues, and accomodations. To my delight, not only am I going to Dayton to preview the Rijksmuseum Exhibit, but I have been invited to do a presentation to demonstrate my style of painting which is the Dutch technique of chiaroscuro. My … [Read more...] about Chiaroscuro…Lights and Darks

Tagged With: chiaroscuro, Dayton Art Institute, pigments, Rembrandt, The Artist, Rijksmuseum, The Artist, www.margretshort.com

Discriminating Palette

September 17, 2006 by Margret Short

Several months ago when I first learned about this Dutch exhibit, my first thought was "how splendid that it is coming to the United States"......then, I thought, "3 cities?".......AND Portland is one of them. I will be able to go many times during the 3 months of the exhibit because Portland is where I live. As time went on I began to think about … [Read more...] about Discriminating Palette

Tagged With: 17th century Dutch, dry pigments linseed oil, Dutch exhibit, Dutch paintings, paintings, pigment project, pigments, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

A Year of Magical Painting

August 26, 2006 by Margret Short

A very successful artist/teacher once told me, "an artist is like a magician." If we place the right color in the right place at the right time, magically a splendid image will appear. Well, I would add one more component to the magician. That is the art of juggling. Magically we manage to paint our passion and juggle life's other … [Read more...] about A Year of Magical Painting

Tagged With: 17th century pigments, historical pigments, Lessons from the Low Countries, painting, pigment project, pigments, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

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