"Wild Phlox" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodcut Print cf-vendor-franklina and studied classical painting in

and studied classical painting in his native Armenia until his family immigrated to the United States in 1981

Dennis Sheehan

in Art from the University of Maine

he later turned to landscapes in the tradition fo the Hudson Valley School but with a more contemporary painting style

18" X 22" Framed

"Wild Phlox" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodcut Print cf-vendor-franklina and studied classical painting in22" 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