"Southwest Desert" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cf-vendor-andersonr 31 x 42" Unframed Woodcut

31 x 42" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

McAuliffe returned to Cape Cod after college where he made a living creating renderings in pen and ink and watercolor of homes

Framed 39" X 33"

being one of only four students accepted that year

landscapes and cityscapes in and around Boston

"Southwest Desert" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cf-vendor-andersonr 31 x 42" Unframed Woodcut26 x 34" Unframed Woodcut on Paper Gordon Mortensen (b. 1938, American) is one of the best known reduction woodcut print artists working in the U. S today. He works from watercolor studies to understand the color dynamics needed for the woodcut. The artist uses up to sixty four colors and takes as long as three months to create the woodblock image. Although the final outcome has a painterly feel, it is unmistakably a woodcut with rich layered colors