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.

Quintessential Blue Comes to an End

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Circles Modello

Oil on Panel 6×8 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Sleeping Beauty Turquoise

Joker in the Tulip Garden

Oil on Linen 12×12 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Lapis Lazuli

Mystical Modello

Oil on Panel 8×6 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Ultramarine Blue and Cobalt Blue

Vessel for the Water

Oil on Linen 11×10 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Hydrangea Blue

Endlessly Modello

Oil on Panel 6×8 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Cobalt Blue

Palpable Modello

Oil on Panel 8×6 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Manganese Blue

Infinite Modello

Oil/Panel 8×6 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Anthraquinone Blue

Crystalline Modello

Oil on Panel 6×8 ©Margret E. Short OPA, AWAM 2023 Sevres Blue

Quintessential Blue comes to an end. All paintings are on view at Bronze Coast Gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Thank you for following my stories of the endless varieties and beauty of the color blue. Thanks also to Holly Brown and Gary Everest for sending their beautiful photos of the ocean to help compare the blue pigments to the true-blues of the water. If you have any suggestions for another pigment project, please let me know. I always love hearing from you.

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. I have enjoyed all of the different blues. But you are the greatest artist, so I wouldn’t expect less.

  2. What a beautiful show, your paintings were stunning displayed together. And thanks for the lesson on all those amazing shades of blue. I will think of them when I look at the water now💙

    • Thank you, Holly. I am glad that you and Pam could come to the exhibit. I want to hear your observations and how you identify the colors of water on your future adventures.

  4. Aloha, Margret, The reveal was well worth the wait! I would’ve loved to have been there to applaud your latest Master works. Congratulations from Michele and I.

  5. Hello Margret,

    I just happened to stumble on your Instagram and I couldn’t get enough of your beautiful work and so I found myself here on your blog!
    Your art is truly breathtaking.
    You are my “muse du jour” and I’m so happy I found you!
    Sincerely,
    Shirley Ann🌹

    • Thank you, Shirley Ann, for your sweet comments and taking the time to write. It is comments like yours that keep artists like me chained to our easels. Margret