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.

Performance Peaked

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11suleyman_cropped_for_blogPerformance 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.

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.