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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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Egypt

Full Sail

March 1, 2011 by Margret Short

oil painting of felucca boats on water by Margret short

Full Sail ©Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA    22x8  Oil on Linen Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena      … [Read more...] about Full Sail

Tagged With: ancient Egypt, Egypt, Egyptian blue frit, felucca, Nile river, pigments, sailing

Felucca Study #2

March 1, 2011 by Margret Short

oil painting of felucca boats on water by Margret short

Felucca Study # 2   Oil on Silver Leaf, 7x5 ©Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA,    Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two   … [Read more...] about Felucca Study #2

Tagged With: Egypt, Egyptian, felucca, Nile river, pigments, sailing, silverleaf

Felucca

March 1, 2011 by Margret Short

photograph of felucca ships on nile

What do Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, King Farouk, and Dave and Margret Short all have in common? We all sailed down the Nile while visiting the magnificent antiquities of Egypt......in a felucca! This graceful sailing vessel is motor-less and relies on the Egyptian southerly winds to push it upstream. These winds build during the day and … [Read more...] about Felucca

Tagged With: Aswan, Cleopatra, Egypt, emirs, felucca, King Farouk, Margret Short, Mark Twain, Nile, pasha, sultans, Winston Churchill

Current Events

February 2, 2011 by Margret Short

photograph of man in old Egypt temple

Because of my involvement with this Ancient Egyptian Part Two pigment project, I feel a connection and fascination with the current events in Egypt. It is both horrifying and mesmerizing to watch things unfold from day to day. During my two years of research and studies since traveling there and seeing so many sacred places, I have become … [Read more...] about Current Events

Tagged With: ancient pigments, Cairo museum, Egypt, Egyptian pigments, pigment project, unrest, vandals

Vandalism Along the Nile

February 2, 2011 by Margret Short

Egyptian sculpture of pharaoh on jaguar

This stunning figure depicts King Tut on the back of a leopard. It is one of the priceless artifacts damaged by vandals in the recent unrest in Egypt. The figure seems to have been connected with incidents of the passage of the king through the underworld. The leopard is black, the color of darkness, but it would have been inappropriate to depict … [Read more...] about Vandalism Along the Nile

Tagged With: Egypt, King Tut, Panther, statue, unrest in Egypt, vandals in the Cairo museum

Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part Two

November 30, 2010 by Margret Short

Egyptian mask with gold and black

Announcing Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two  Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena, in March 2011. More intriguing myths, Gods, Goddesses, symbols, tombs, temples and stories from Ancient Egypt featuring pigments and new paintings. With only a few exceptions, all paintings in this new series will be created using pigments used by Egyptian … [Read more...] about Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part Two

Tagged With: ancient Egypt, Egypt, goddesses, gods, myths, paintings, pigments, research, temples, tombs

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