"Carmel Poppies" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-hunterr 15" x 22" Unframed Etching

15" x 22" Unframed Etching on Paper

and texture

Neil received his formal training at Massachusetts College of Art where he studied illustration

by Thomas Carleton (1925 – 2012)

and a delight in the ability of light and shadow to create atmosphere in painting

"Carmel Poppies" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-hunterr 15" x 22" Unframed Etching10" x 8" 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