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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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Portland Art Museum

Rental Sales Gallery

October 18, 2008 by Margret Short

The Portland Art Association's Women's Council was requested to establish a Rental Sales Gallery as a service to the community and to promote Northwest artists in 1959. The gallery operates with the assistance of some 100 volunteers. The gallery's location changed several times over the years but now has a … [Read more...] about Rental Sales Gallery

Tagged With: Portland Art Association's Women's Council, Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery

Finishing Touches

October 18, 2008 by Margret Short

Finishing Touches 14x14 Oil on Linen © 2008 Margret E. Short Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum Fall Group Exhibit 2008 … [Read more...] about Finishing Touches

Tagged With: Finishing Touches, Margret Short, Oil on Linen, Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery

Grisaille Magic

September 19, 2006 by Margret Short

This project is taking on a life of its own. Good progress today! After a visit to Lawrence Gallery, they have enthusiastically agreed to show my body of work as an exhibit next May along with the opening of the Dutch Exhibit at the Portland Museum. Also, I have worked out the logistics of the demo in Dayton. To expedite matters I remembered a … [Read more...] about Grisaille Magic

Tagged With: chiaroscuro, Dutch exhibit, grisaille, pigment project, Portland Art Museum, Rembrandt, The Artist, The Artist

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