"Autumn in Big Sur" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen OVERLOOK larger studio works

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12" x 16" unframed

24" X 32" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

13" X29" Unframed

"Autumn in Big Sur" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen OVERLOOK larger studio works22 x 17" 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