Late Autumn - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Tranquil New Jersey

New Jersey

26" x 40" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

She attended the University of Colorado and earned her BA in History

I try to capture the Drama of a scene and tell a story

He works from watercolor studies to understand the color dynamics needed for the woodcut

Late Autumn - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Tranquil New Jersey31 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