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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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Pharaoh’s Offering

August 26, 2009 by Margret Short

oil painting still life scene with vase with white orchids fruits and adornments

  Pharaoh’s Offerings Sold   12x12  Oil on Linen © Margret E. Short 2009   Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb   Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon  September & October 2009 The ancient Egyptians loved their gardens passionately. To return after death and rest in the shade and eat the fruit from the trees … [Read more...] about Pharaoh’s Offering

Tagged With: Egypt, madder, malachite, offering list, papyrus, Pharaoh, red iron oxide, yellow ochre

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