Moss Beach by Gordon Louis Mortensen

Moss Beach by Gordon Louis Mortensen

Moss Beach

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Title

Moss Beach

 
Artist
Year
1981  
Technique
color reduction woodcut printed in 33 colors with 18 press runs 
Image Size
8 x 10" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
4 of 160  
Annotations
titled and dated in pencil 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white Torinoko wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GOMO273 
Price
SOLD
Description

The town of Moss Beach began as a resort destination, with its first hotel built in 1881by German immigrant Juergen Wienke. From 1907 through 1920, the Ocean Shore Railroad hugged the shoreline from San Francisco to Tunitas Glen. It brought an influx of visitors from San Francisco and resulted in the growth of the small coastal communities. Moss Beach experiences above average fog levels and has high quality air. It is noteworthy for the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and the Cypress Tunnels. The tunnels are created by overhanging cypress trees on both sides of the path which create a horseshoe-like trail of cypress overhangs. The trail leads to an outlook over the bluffs. In 1969, the Moss Beach tide pool area, now the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, was designated as a natural reserve for plants and animals adapted to live at the edge of the ocean.