"Matilija Poppies" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cipriani Watercolor on Paper

Watercolor on Paper

5" X5" Unframed

Robert started painting in high school

18" x 30" Unframed

"Matilija Poppies" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen cipriani Watercolor on Paper37 x 24" 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