"Red River of the North" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Cardinal 18" X 24" Oil on

18" X 24" Oil on Board

8" x 16" Unframed

22" x 38" Unframed

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

"Red River of the North" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortensen Cardinal 18" X 24" Oil on26 x 20" 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