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.

Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America at the Salmagundi, New York

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Presenting the Artwork of

Margret E. Short, OPA

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Pizzicato                        17×19  Oil on Linen

Opening Reception:

Thursday, September 17

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

at the prestigious Salmagundi Club

Forty-Seven Fifth Avenue, New York City

Salmagundi Club at: (212) 255-7740

Presented by the Oil Painters of America

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.