Bearded Iris - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Woods Edition is 2/140 Unframed Woodcut

Edition is 2/140 Unframed Woodcut on Paper

17" X 29" Framed

by William Crosby

oil on board

but his intent is not photo realism

Bearded Iris - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Woods Edition is 2/140 Unframed Woodcut31 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