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.

Studies for the Pharaoh

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Study of Orchids for Hathor 7x5 inches, Oil on Gold Leaf Panel © Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM
Study of Orchids for Hathor
7×5 inches, Oil on Gold Leaf Panel
© Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM

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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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