"October, Paramecium Pond" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Wellesley Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print collectors 24" X 33" Unframed Woodcut

24" X 33" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

Unframed Woodcut on Paper 26" X 40"

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

"October, Paramecium Pond" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Wellesley Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print collectors 24" X 33" Unframed Woodcut15" x 22" 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