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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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Lessons from the Low Countries

Oil Painting Critiques

June 2, 2014 by Margret Short

detail of red flower painted howing impasto and brushstrokes

This past week, I had the pleasure of participating in the Oil Painters of America Critique Program. For the nominal fee of $25.00 (which goes to OPA), artists have the opportunity to have a signature or master level member review their oil paintings and give instructional advice on how they might improve their technique. Because I do not do any … [Read more...] about Oil Painting Critiques

Tagged With: cinnabar, colors, historical pigments, Lessons from the Low Countries, Minerals Metals and Dirt

The Metamorphosis of Ray Mar

April 15, 2010 by Margret Short

old oil painting of large bridge

Raymar Art Fine Art Competition Finalist, February 2010   Metamorphosis, 12x12, 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 … [Read more...] about The Metamorphosis of Ray Mar

Tagged With: Dutch Art, finalist, Informed Collector, Lessons from the Low Countries, Lessons Series pigment project, Margret Short, pigments, Ray Mar Art, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art

From Here to Modernity

March 11, 2007 by Margret Short

Once upon a time, I thought a "podcast" was a clay mockup for a flower sculpture. Nowadays, it is known as a high tech method of posting and listening to a particular discussion or interview on the Internet. Alyson Stanfield, art marketing consultant, launched me from the Golden to the Modern Age practically overnight. Not only has Alyson … [Read more...] about From Here to Modernity

Tagged With: Alyson Stanfield, art marketing consultant, Blogging, interview, Lessons from the Low Countries, podcast

A Year of Magical Painting

August 26, 2006 by Margret Short

A very successful artist/teacher once told me, "an artist is like a magician." If we place the right color in the right place at the right time, magically a splendid image will appear. Well, I would add one more component to the magician. That is the art of juggling. Magically we manage to paint our passion and juggle life's other … [Read more...] about A Year of Magical Painting

Tagged With: 17th century pigments, historical pigments, Lessons from the Low Countries, painting, pigment project, pigments, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

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