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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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Doorman’s Record Tulipa

July 5, 2010 by Margret Short

studio light setup still life painting of red tulips in vase

Cupid's Arrow 11x10  Oil on Linen Margret E. Short copyright 2010 CM Russell Museum Masters in Miniature 2010 July 29 through September 11 Great Falls, Montana Being the hopeless and helpless mad scientist, I just can't help playing around with colors. Over the past while, RED has been on my palette and has been manipulated and pushed like … [Read more...] about Doorman’s Record Tulipa

Tagged With: cadmium red, cinnabar, colors, miniature, painting, palette, pigments, pyrol ruby red, Rubicon, tulips, vermilion

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

Beet Red

April 14, 2010 by Margret Short

photograph of vibrant beet vegetables

Beta Vulgaris … [Read more...] about Beet Red

Tagged With: art, beets, Beta vulgaris, colors, Margret Short, painting, pigments

Hathor’s Offering

August 30, 2009 by Margret Short

Dutch stilleven style painting of bowl and fruits by Margret short

 Hathor's Offering Sold 8x9 Oil on Linen © Margret E. Short 2009  Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb  Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon  September & October 2009 Hathor's Offering is the smallest in the main collection of twelve paintings and measures 8x9 inches. It was inspired by the beautiful red bowl I purchased in Egypt which has … [Read more...] about Hathor’s Offering

Tagged With: ancient, ankh, Dendera, Egypt, Egyptian blue, Hathor, pigments, Ra, sa

Hatshepsut’s Gift

August 29, 2009 by Margret Short

Dutch stilleven style painting by Margret short

Hatshepsut's Gift Sold 10x8 Oil on Gold Leaf  © Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA 2009   Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb   Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon, September & October   Hatshepsut's Gift   is the first painting attempted using the Egyptian pigments and was a huge challenge. As I have said many … [Read more...] about Hatshepsut’s Gift

Tagged With: ancient Egypt, azurite, female pharaoh, Hatshepsut, malachite, paintings, Pharaoh, pigments, red iron oxide, temples, tombs

Azurite Splendors

August 18, 2009 by Margret Short

photograph of Egyptian carvings on walls

I took this photo of spectacular paintings on the ceilings at Dendera Temple. There are traces of a blue green pigment that is possibly azurite. Not much color could be seen on vertical structures presumably because of wear and flaking over the centuries. However many ceilings had color remaining. The intricacies of the design here are … [Read more...] about Azurite Splendors

Tagged With: azurite, blue green, Dendera, Egypt, pigments, temples of Egypt

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