"October, Paramecium Pond" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Wellesley Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-bumbeckd These luminous landscapes border on

These luminous landscapes border on the ethereal mood of the tonalists

minoring in Philosophy and Education

Bumbeck employs techniques of intaglio printmaking such as etching

focusing on both recognizable subject matter and the physical qualities of the work of art itself

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"October, Paramecium Pond" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Wellesley Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-bumbeckd These luminous landscapes border on15" x 22" 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