"Seaside Daisies" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Martha's Vineyard 19" x 19" Framed

19" x 19" Framed

Though her subject matter is varied

By Irina Furman

and Nancy Guzik

It is given

"Seaside Daisies" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Martha's Vineyard 19" x 19" Framed26 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