"New Mexico" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cf-vendor-campionl 15" x 22" Unframed Etching

15" x 22" Unframed Etching on Paper

Realism in Revolution - The Art of the Boston School and The Boston Painters 1900-1930

while attending Butera School  of Art

Framed 30" X 23"

The human figure has been the dominant motif in his prints for over 25 years

"New Mexico" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cf-vendor-campionl 15" x 22" Unframed Etching14 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