March, Carmel - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cocktails 4" x 6" Unframed

4" x 6" Unframed

the warm intoxicating smell of nature in the early summer months

in contrast to the remnants of picket fence that needed mending

33" x 45" Framed

10" x 12" Framed

March, Carmel - Woodcut on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cocktails 4" x 6" Unframed25 x 33" 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