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.

The Lessons Series on Pigments

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 Lessons pigment series focuses on the folklore, art, and colors of the American Desert Dwellers and the Earth and Pigments found in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

The Series includes:

  1. Lessons of the Low Countries
  2. Lessons of the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part 1
  3. Lessons of the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part 2
  4. Lessons from the Spider Woman
  5. Girl Jazz Singers
  6. Greek Pigment Project
  7. Lessons from the Spider Woman
  8. Indigenous Naturals
  9. Iso-LACE-tion: A Thirty Day Painting Project