"September In The Park" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen gold flowering apple trees

flowering apple trees

22 1/2 " X 41 1/2"

while attending Butera School  of Art

Iran in 1970

textures and colors evolve as the work progresses until the final stroke makes the statement of completion

"September In The Park" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen gold flowering apple trees26 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