"Massachusetts Autumn" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-andersonr she was a student at

she was a student at Southern Methodist University and was a BFA candidate and a Special Student in Sculpture and Printmaking

focusing on both recognizable subject matter and the physical qualities of the work of art itself

For many years Neil has been working exclusively in oils in the realist tradition

both of whom played with light and reality

it is unmistakably a woodcut with rich layered colors and wood grain textures

"Massachusetts Autumn" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-andersonr she was a student at22" x 30" 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