Del Monte Dunes - Fine Art Woodblock Print by Gordon Mortensen

Del Monte Dunes - Fine Art Woodblock Print by Gordon Mortensen26" x 40" 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

36" X24" Unframed

22 1/2 " X 41 1/2"

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Frames are made of aged recycled wood which compliment the copper and artwork reinforcing each unique attribute of all the materials

The artist uses up to sixty-four colors and takes as long as three months to create the woodblock image

His color preferences in these early works is more muted compared to the brighter colors he favors to present his current home in California

38" x 38" Framed

After graduating from The Kansas City Art Institute in 1981

20" X 16" Unframed

His instructors included British painter Michael Mayer

17 x 24" Unframed Woodcut on Paper

By Gordon Mortensen