Raymar Art Fine Art Competition
Finalist, February 2010
Metamorphosis, 12×12, Oil on Linen, © Margret E. Short 2009, OPA. AWA
Collection, Grant and Elizabeth Beech
Metamorphosis is from my Lessons Series Project collection of eleven paintings which I completed in 2006-07. All eleven were based on the color palette from masterpieces in the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Artwhich traveled to three US cities during that time period, including Portland, Oregon. The first of my Series was titled, Lessons from the Low Countries and features pigments from the 17th century Dutch. I hand ground almost all of the pigments in preparation of executing each painting. All of the images and pigment stories can be found at this blog starting with the first research and travel to Dayton, Ohio. All final images are also posted.
Donkey Drivers Beside a Ruin in Italy, below, was the color palette inspiration for Metamorphosis and is the sole painting in the series where a landscape source painting was used. Tiny bits of and orange/red appear here and there in the landscape which became a perfect foil for the teapot; likewise the ochre colored ruins became the silver dollars. One amazing attribute to the historic pigments is the subtleness. Because they are naturally beautiful they can be used pure with no other colors added except a small amount of white.
Donkey Drivers beside a Ruin in Italyby 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
very very nice art 🙂 I really liked this