Margret E. Short is one of the most prestigious artists of today. Not content with contemporary paints, Short has an on-going unquenchable fascination with pigments and techniques of the past. After years of exhaustive research, she now specializes in still life and florals, producing magical canvases sought by collectors and museums alike.
Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and beyond. She is the recipient of two coveted Salmagundi Club Awards, the Grumbacher Gold Medallion, and many other national honors. She is also Signature member of both the Oil Painters of America and American Women Artists; and a past member of the Copley Society.
Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb is her latest body of work in the Lessons Series. This new project was inspired by a trip to Egypt in January 2009. The new paintings will feature imagery and pigments used since 3500 BC, and will explore the similarities between historical pigments used in tombs and temples from antiquity to that of the much later Golden Age of Dutch Art.
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Credit: Margret E. Short,
Suleyman's Legend, 2007
Lessons from the Low Countries
Oil on linen, 20x16 inches
Photograph by: Ben Reed
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Margret Short is a painter of light. Her style, though deeply rooted in the traditions of the Renaissance, has a fresh and gestural quality that transcends time and space.
Prelude - the 1998 Salmagundi Club Award winner at New York's presitgious Salmagundi Club Exhibition, boldly transports the viewer into the world of the painting, while its freshness breathes "life" into its subject. It should truly be considered a masterwork."
—Robert Joki, Director, The Sovereign Collection
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Metamorphosis Details
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Color and lush paint are tools which bring lasting life to canvas when light touches objects in a dramatic way. Savoring the most lush brush strokes and brightest lights for the area of focus achieves a feeling of duality. That is peaceful quiet and excitement. This is accomplished by using mostly dark tones; several very light tones, and none or few in the middle range.
Technique and materials in painting are as important as the result... (full Artist's Statment) |
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