Short Cuts
- Title
- Short Cuts
- LC Subject
- Painting Watercolorists Watercolor painting Art, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) water-colors (paintings)
- Creator
- Hausser, Carol
- Description
- This abstract, geometric painting presents an ordered compilation of forms that range from linear to curvilinear. The mostly pastel color scheme is broken up by dark shades near the bottom and top portions of the image. Hausser; Short Cuts; 1984; wc; 20.5 x 13.5 inches The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
- Location
- Portland State Office Building >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 800 N.E. Oregon, Portland Oregon
- Award Date
- 1984
- Identifier
- 1985_psob_employ-div_02_a01
- Accession Number
- 1985_psob_employ-div_02_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Hausser, Carol
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 20.5 x 13.5 inches
- Material
- Painting watercolor on paper
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- Portland State Office Building Employment Division (1985) 1985_psob_employ-div
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- Employment Division
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- People often ask me why I choose to paint abstractions. I did not, one day, decide that this was what I would do or that this was correct art. Rather I found, as I kept painting, that the real challenge occurred for me as I was solving spatial problems, or dealing with meaning by juxtaposition. I found that it wasn't necessary to depict a traditional space in order to develop mood, meaning, and psychological implication. I realized that with abstraction I could set any stage, create any character, and make those characters say anything that I wished. I paint in transparent watercolor, which I find particulary suited, because of its luminescenceand ability to create an inner light, to enriching the evocative nature of shapes and movement of color in my work. Short Cuts is, among my works, especially suffused with a warm and gentle light. Its sharp edges and cutting blades seem playfully to cut and not cut the rhythmic ribbon in an ambiguous fashion. The notion of short cuts is further played upon if it is thought of as a shorter route somewhere or as a cutting of corners. I use only transparent watercolor painted with a brush. Each painting is developed by repeated thin glazes which are rinsed between layers to remove any loose pigment. The resulting painting's luminosity is partially a result of this technique. Since there is no build up of pigment on the paper, light passes through the stained surface creating an inner light and a purity to the color (Hausser, 1985).
