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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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Southwest

Gifts for the Spider Woman

November 2, 2012 by Margret Short

still life oil painting

Visions of the Southwest Gifts for the Spider Woman By Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM © 2012, 8x8 Oil on Panel Lessons from the Spider Woman, a pigment project by Margret E. Short American Women Artists, Visions of the Southwest Exhibition Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona November 3, 2012 through January 6, … [Read more...] about Gifts for the Spider Woman

Tagged With: American, Native, oil painting, pigments, Sonoran, Southwest

Uber Azurite

May 11, 2012 by Margret Short

detail of rock texture

One of the most spectacular mineral colors is azurite/malachite, which was at one time abundant and found in many places around the world including Arizona. It has been used by both artists of the past and today. This magnificent chunk is at the Tohona Botanical Garden in Tucson, AZ. The color absolutely made my heart go flip flop when I first … [Read more...] about Uber Azurite

Tagged With: azurite, cinnabar, fine art, malachite, Native Americans, natural earth pigments, ochres, painting, Southwest, umber

Lessons from the Spider Woman

April 2, 2012 by Margret Short

dutch style floral bouquet tabletop still life painting

Announcing Pigment Project #5 Coming in autumn of 2012. Lessons from the Spider Woman Spanning all the way from Rembrandt's bling in the Dutch 17th Century to the dazzling riches in Land of the Pharaohs and most recently, the protective arms of Athena in Ancient Greece, this latest in my Lessons pigment series will focus on the folklore, art, and … [Read more...] about Lessons from the Spider Woman

Tagged With: art painting, colors, culture, Native, pigments, Southwest, spiderwoman, still life

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