"New Mexico" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Martha's Vineyard 60’s and 70’s

60’s and 70’s

John Hancock and Transco Corporation

32" X 40" Gallery wrapped

13" x 16" Unframed Etching on Paper

and through their influence began to polish his painting style from an early age

"New Mexico" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Martha's Vineyard 60’s and 70’s14 x 21" 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