Ice Plant, Carmel - Limited Edition Woodblock Print by Gordon Mortensen

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Ice Plant, Carmel - Limited Edition 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

He works to convey light glancing on a surface to communicate the spirit of place of each singular American setting

In the early 80's

14" x 11" Unframed

30" x 24 unframed

he then began to focus more on an Art career and began private study in portrait and figure painting with Austrian born portrait painter

8" x 6" Unframed

Unframed: 40" x 30"

Framed 25" X 31"

He studied with Gammell for four years and became thoroughly experienced in the Boston School* tradition of painting

Anne's art career began as a fashion illustrator in the late 1970s and she soon transitioned into a successful fine artist

10" x 12" Framed

Cape Cod native Vail Pagliarani is known for expressive painterly landscapes and coastal marines