Desert Gold - Woodcut on Paper by artist Gordon Mortensen Fishing Her passionate nature and keen

Her passionate nature and keen perception allow her to expose the hidden truths of her subject matter

In 1986 he won the Medaille d'Or at an exhibition in Deauville

By Dennis Sheehan

national and international organizations and in 2013 was honored with the distinction of Grand Master of Fine Arts by the Academie Internationale des Beaux-arts du Quebec

Desert Gold - Woodcut on Paper by artist Gordon Mortensen Fishing Her passionate nature and keen22 x 29" 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