"Near Ghost Ranch" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen sunflower I spent almost every summer

I spent almost every summer weekend for the past 20 years

19" x 21" Unframed Etching on Paper

The one constant in all my work is the exploration of light and how it affects form and creates atmosphere

England and has lived on Cape Cod since 1999

Acrylic on Panel

"Near Ghost Ranch" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen sunflower I spent almost every summerGordon 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 and wood grain textures. His early