"Dusk, River Beach" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print Desert As a child she exhibited

As a child she exhibited an early interest in the arts

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

To further testify to the process Michael signs the pieces on the wood frame as opposed to the painting itself

He redirected himself  to painting in acrylic on masonite

Nebraska in1958

"Dusk, River Beach" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print Desert As a child she exhibited25" 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