North Dakota Prairies - Limited Edition Woodcut Reduction Signed - Artist Gordon Mortensen patriots including taking the First Honor

including taking the First Honor award at the Inspiring Figures Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art in October of 2010

including an "Artist of the Year

and Carlson’s book filling in the gaps regarding aerial perspective

16" X 20 Unframed

15" x 22" Unframed Etching on Paper

North Dakota Prairies - Limited Edition Woodcut Reduction Signed - Artist Gordon Mortensen patriots including taking the First Honor24 x 38" 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