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.

Pins and Needles

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10_botany_cropped_for_blog_5Tension 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 trying to wade through all of them. Announcements, blog entries, last minute lists, framing, labels, and I am still documenting much of the painting and historic process while still fresh in my mind. I have filled notebooks already and more to go.

Watch for the final messages coming out this week, press releases, and other information.

Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art opens one week from today, June 2 at the Portland Art Museum. Very exciting!

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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  2. I look forward to seeing all the creations at your show, bravo and good luck Margaret
    Now relax for the summer
    Cherise