"Natick Marsh" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-sandersj Marie says every social observation

Marie says every social observation is a potential painting for her

by William Crosby

Neil McAuliffe grew up on Cape Cod where he began to show an early interest in creating drawings and paintings of local sea and landscapes

she was a student at Southern Methodist University and was a BFA candidate and a Special Student in Sculpture and Printmaking

Bumbeck employs techniques of intaglio printmaking such as etching

"Natick Marsh" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-sandersj Marie says every social observationUnframed Woodcut on Paper 24" X 32" 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