"September In The Park" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen gold Iran in 1970

Iran in 1970

He Enjoys photography

Developing from Realist painterly influences to abstract landscapes informed by Abstract Expressionism

While he has made Southern California his home

12 x 10" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

"September In The Park" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen gold Iran in 197026 x 40" 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