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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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Mountain blue

The Hidden Marvels of Blue

September 2, 2021 by Margret Short

The color blue is the incontestable darling of the pigment world. Ask just about anybody their favorite color, and the answer far and above will be...blue! And it's everywhere, both in nature and the man-made world. The sky, distant mountains, blueberries, clouds, crashing ocean waves, walls in our homes, sapphires, jewelry, forget-me-nots, blue … [Read more...] about The Hidden Marvels of Blue

Tagged With: aquamarine blue, artist pigments, blue, blue green, blue pigments, Bronze Coast Gallery, Cannon Beach, Cannon Beach arts festival, Earth and Ocean Arts Festival, Mountain blue, natural pigment, Natural Pigments, Oregon, ultramarine blue

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

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