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Margret E. Short Fine Arts

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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Dirt

Prep Time

April 23, 2013 by Margret Short

details of gold leaf texture

Here is a sample of an unprepared piece of copper. You can see the various scratches and marks across the surface, which if left as is, would be unappealing on a finished painting. My aesthetic sense tells me that the purpose of painting on a shimmering panel of metal is to let the beauty of that metal glow through. Some artists like the metal for … [Read more...] about Prep Time

Tagged With: Dirt, how to prepare copper for oil painting, Metals, Minerals, preparation of copper for oil painting, techniques to prepare copper for oil painting

Signature D Consulting

April 23, 2013 by Margret Short

Signature D Commercial and Residential Art Consulting

presents Minerals, Metals, and Dirt June 6 through 30 at Elizabeth Lofts 333 NW 9th Avenue Portland, Oregon, Pearl District Plaza Entrance on NW 10th Opening Reception June 6, 6 to 9 pm Shown by appointment after June 6 Diane Kruger 503-504-9330 A pigment project featuring the beauty of mineral and earth colors painted on metals. … [Read more...] about Signature D Consulting

Tagged With: Diane Kruger, Dirt, Elizabeth Lofts, Exploration of the aesthetics of oil paintings on metals, gold leaf, Metals, Minerals, painting on copper with oil paints, Signature D Consulting, silver leaf

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