• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
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.

  • Home
  • About
    • Margret E Short Bio
    • Resumé
    • Artist’s Statement
    • Artist Resources
    • The Lessons Series
    • Oregon Honor
  • Commission
  • Prints
  • Events
  • Galleries
  • Projects
    • Backwards and in Heels, Part II
    • Backwards and In Heels, Part 1
    • Quintessential Blue
    • Iso-LACE-tion: A Thirty Day Painting Project
    • Indigenous Naturals Project
    • Lessons from the Spider Woman
    • Girl Jazz Singers
    • Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part 1
    • Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part 2
    • Lessons from the Low Countries
    • Greek Pigment Project
  • Contact
  • Blog

pigments

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 #6

March 1, 2011 by Margret Short

oil painting of felucca boats on water by Margret short

Felucca Study # 6   Oil on Gold Leaf, 7x5 ©Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA,    Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two … [Read more...] about Felucca Study #6

Tagged With: ancient Egypt, Egyptian, felucca, Nile river, orpiment, pigments, red iron oxide, sailing

Felucca Study #5

March 1, 2011 by Margret Short

oil painting of felucca boats on water by Margret short

Felucca Study # 5   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 #5

Tagged With: ancient Egypt, azurite, Egyptian blue frit, felucca, pigments, red iron oxide, silver, silver leaf

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

From Cairo to My Easel

February 11, 2011 by Margret Short

close up oil painting textures

Detail of the final painting, Festival of Opet, for the Pharaoh Part ll Exhibit, featuring the Oud. This instrument is also known as the ud. Copyright Margret E. Short, 2011 … [Read more...] about From Cairo to My Easel

Tagged With: ancient instruments, Egypt instruments, musical instruments, Oud, pigments

From the Vizier’s Studio

January 27, 2011 by Margret Short

detail of oil painting

This detail of one of the finished Part ll Project paintings shows how the vizier's paintbox might have looked in his studio. The colors in the box, red iron oxide, malachite, yellow, and black were all used in my painting just has he most likely would have used. Writings below the box are on papyrus. … [Read more...] about From the Vizier’s Studio

Tagged With: black, malachite, papyrus, pigments, red iron oxide

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 14
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Sign up for Margret’s Newsletter

Join Margret while she explores imagery and pigments used since 3500 BC!

Email Address:

Recent Blogs

Dancing Backwards, Part 3: A Remarkable Life of Adventure and Art

Dancing Backwards Part 3: Fathers – Listen up!

Dancing Backwards Part 3; More Stories of Gifted but Forgotten Women Artists

Dancing Backwards Returns; Going Medieval with Skeletons: More Stories of Mostly Forgotten Fabulously Talented Women Artists of the Past: Part 3 Coming in September

The Final Reveal

[More Blog Posts]

  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS

Looking for Something Special?

© 2006 - © 2026 Margret E Short, all rights reserved