"Seattle" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cf-vendor-rugge-price-j during the early morning hours

during the early morning hours the sun is low inthe east and creates long shadows from trees off to the right

one feels the passion through the signature strokes that invite the viewer to share that passion

"Merely depicting a realistic representation of a landscape is not the primary goal

21" X 16" Framed

the artist has studied and learned from the great master works in the history of art

"Seattle" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cf-vendor-rugge-price-j during the early morning hours31 x 42" 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