Pink Carnation, Barbara Hawkins

Artwork Overview

Barbara Hawkins, Pink Carnation
Barbara Hawkins, Pink Carnation
Barbara Hawkins
Pink Carnation
date unknown
Barbara Hawkins
1947–2017
Pink Carnation, date unknown
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: wove paper; watercolor
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 44 x 26.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 5/16 x 10 7/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 57.8 x 58 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 22 3/4 x 22 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 30 in
Credit line: Gift of Colette and Jeff Bangert
Accession number: 1998.0696
Not on display
Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Exhibition Label: "Time/Frame," Jun-2008, Robert Fucci, Shuyun Ho, Lauren Kernes, Lara Kuykendall, Ellen C. Raimond, and Stephanie Teasley In this simple and delicate still life, Barbara Hawkins asks us to contemplate the fleeting nature of existence. The carnation appears to have been cut at its colorful, blooming peak, but will not last forever. Painted in watercolor on paper, the image is the culmination of a series of moments. With each brushstroke, the pigment soaks into the paper and dries so rapidly that the watercolor process requires a short, but refined period of creativity