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 Tears of Fernad

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Tears of Fernad 30x30 inches, Oil on Linen © Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM
Tears of Fernad
30×30 inches, Oil on Linen
© Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM
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by Margret E. Short  2007

30×30 Oil on Linen

Painting #7

Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Copyright Margret E. Short

Photography Ben Reed, NW Photo and Digital, Oregon City, Oregon

Chiaroscuro Painting

Oil painting with the chiaroscuro technique illuminates the focus area with a strong light. All other areas are painted with less detail, lower values, and intensity of color giving a mysterious appearance. By putting one or two objects in the important focus area, a strong but simple composition will emerge. Combining these oil painting techniques with a selection of superior natural pigments and oil paints result in the beautiful and evocative quality known as Chiaroscuro Painting.