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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.

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Khepri’s Journey

August 18, 2009 by Margret Short

oil painting of a still life scene with vase next to draped ribbon

Khepri’s Journey Sold 14x14  Oil on Linen © Margret E. Short 2009, OPA, AWA Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon  September & October 2009 As said before, when delving into a colorful history of any culture, you never know what will be unearthed. I just couldn't resist using the motif of the stunning … [Read more...] about Khepri’s Journey

Tagged With: azurite, baboons, Egypt, khepri, lapis lazuli, malachite, Netherworld, pigments

Arsenic in the Stew

August 15, 2009 by Margret Short

        Orpiment, shown above in its natural form and also pigment form, was widely used in Egypt during and after the 18th dynasty, about 1500 BC. During this period the very progressive and successful female pharaoh, Hatshepsut, was in power. It is thought that she initiated trade with other countries and the use … [Read more...] about Arsenic in the Stew

Tagged With: azurite, cadmium yellow, Egypt, Egyptian blue, Hatshepsut, orpiment, pigments

Sneak Peeks from the Pharaohs

June 27, 2009 by Margret Short

photograph of old building texture

Well, it's time for the big reveal of a few of the initial works completed in the last weeks using  colors from the pharaoh's tombs. As mentioned before this pigment project has been more of a challenge than the Dutch themed one. The most important issue is there are fewer colors and even fewer vibrant ones. This detail below is from … [Read more...] about Sneak Peeks from the Pharaohs

Tagged With: ancient pigments, Anne Varichon, azurite, blue bice, blue verditer, colors, Dutch, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian blue, malachite, Mountain blue, natural Carbonate of copper, Pharaoh, pigments

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?

June 27, 2009 by Margret Short

detail of Egyptian carvings

I read an interesting tidbit in the Parade Magazine, Sunday Oregonian, April 19, 2009 in the Ask Marilyn column. A reader asked about carbon dating cave paintings made with paint composed of minerals. Marilyn replied that carbon dating can determine the age of artifacts made of organic matter such as cloth, bone, and wood. If painting was done in … [Read more...] about Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?

Tagged With: artifacts, Ask Marilyn, azurite, bone, carbon dating, cave painting, cinnabar, cloth, historians, lapis rocks wood archaeological, Minerals, Oregon, Oregonian, organic matter, Parade Magazine, Portland, Portland Oregonian, wood

Dendera Temple Ceiling Colors

May 13, 2009 by Margret Short

ancient Egypt carvings on wall

At several places within the Temple of Dendera the colors from antiquity were visible. Here you can see the remains of a bluish pigment on the ceiling. The ancient Egyptians used two blues. One is the Egyptian blue frit described in an earlier blog entry and the other azurite. It is impossible to tell which was used here without analyzing a … [Read more...] about Dendera Temple Ceiling Colors

Tagged With: ancient Egyptians, azurite, blue pigments, blue/green, colors, Dendera, Egyptian blue frit, painting, pigments, Temple of Dendera

Moon Over Kom Ombo

January 24, 2009 by Margret Short

  This temple of Kom Ombo is set dramatically on a hill overlooking a bend in the Nile. This Greco-Roman style temple is Egypt's only double temple where everything is doubled and perfectly symmetrical along a central axis. The twin entrances, twin courts, and twin colonnades are all dedicated to both Sobek, the crocodile god and … [Read more...] about Moon Over Kom Ombo

Tagged With: azurite, crocodile god, Egypt, Haroeris the solar disc, Kom Ombo, pigments, red iron ozide, Sobek

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