"River Beach" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Woods American Photographer

American Photographer

19" x 22" Framed

This is the path I chose many years ago and I am mindful of how difficult and elusive that can be

34 x 28" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

Capturing this mood can involve any number of changes in the lighting

"River Beach" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Woods American Photographer34 x 28" 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