Whispering Ridge - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Martha's Vineyard Recent large commissions of note

Recent large commissions of note

works on linen

20" x 20" Unframed

Shaw was a native of Philadelphia whose style is firmly in the New Hope School of American Impressionism

yet no part of the canvas has been left unattended

Whispering Ridge - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Martha's Vineyard Recent large commissions of note20 x 26" 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