Jumbo Shrimp by Frieda Dean
Jumbo Shrimp
Frieda Dean
Title
Jumbo Shrimp
Artist
Frieda Dean
1950 - PRESENT (biography)Year
2001
Technique
color viscosity intaglio
Image Size
9 3/4 x 9 3/4" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
6 of 18
Annotations
titled in pencil, lower left; dated after signature
Reference
Paper
Somerset Velvet radiant white wove
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
FRDE168
Price
$550.00
Description
A humorous title nevertheless appears as complex and mysterious as neurons firing in the human brain in Frieda Dean’s “Jumbo Shrimp.” Color viscosity allows for subtle, layered details on the plate, which Dean uses to superimpose random, exploding forms in tomato red against a tropical blue background. Suggestions of coral, amoeba, and the slow motion chaos of galaxies are present in this contemporary abstract composition.
The influence of master Atelier 17 printmaker Krishna Reddy, with whom she studied, is evident in these key elements, but Dean creates a style all her own.