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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 Native American

Spider Woman’s Wedding

December 4, 2012 by Margret Short

still life painting of artifacts and treasures on tabletop

Spider Woman's Wedding By Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM © 2012, 23x27  Oil on Linen Lessons from the Spider Woman  A pigment project by Margret E. Short December 6 through 31   … [Read more...] about Spider Woman’s Wedding

Tagged With: AWA, Exhibit, Native American, oil painting, Oregon, pigment project, pigments, Portland, Southwest Native American

Kokopelli’s Gifts

December 4, 2012 by Margret Short

Kokopelli's Tokens an oil painting by Margret short

  Kokopelli's Gifts By Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM © 2012   13x15  Oil on Linen Lessons from the Spider Woman   A pigment project by Margret E. Short December 6 through 31                                                          … [Read more...] about Kokopelli’s Gifts

Tagged With: Exhibit, Native American, oil painting, Oregon, pigment project, pigments, Portland, Southwest Native American

Maria Martinez Pottery

July 21, 2012 by Margret Short

Painting #2 in the Lessons from the Spider Woman project is finished. This detail of the finished piece shows a snippet of the completed composition which includes more of Spider Woman's veil, a basket, pot, fetish, and chili peppers. It has been interesting composing with a Southwest Desert theme, especially because this topic is so foreign … [Read more...] about Maria Martinez Pottery

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