Artist
Carol Reed
Title
Dream Bear
Date2016
MediumBlack ink, charcoal, graphite, rubber and wood stamp, acrylic paint, colored pencil on paper
Dimensions30 × 44 in. (76.2 × 111.8 cm)
Framed Size: 42 × 57 3/4 in. (106.7 × 146.7 cm)
Framed Size: 42 × 57 3/4 in. (106.7 × 146.7 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2021.034
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
Workforce Investment Council (2235 Shannon Place SE, 3031)
DescriptionThough abstract in form, Carol Reed’s artwork aims to convey a sense of place, which arrives at the moment when abstraction becomes narrative. To find this, Reed works with intention but is open to chance, intuition, and accident. She looks for affinities that unite seemingly unrelated elements, and she works with a vocabulary of reusable shapes. She begins with subtraction—cutting and tearing—then proceeds to layer paint, graphite, etching, embossment, rubber, and wood stamps. She both deconstructs and constructs to form a textured, patterned, and evocative artwork.
