April, High Desert by Gordon Louis Mortensen

April, High Desert by Gordon Louis Mortensen

April, High Desert

Gordon Louis Mortensen

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Title

April, High Desert

 
Artist
Year
1998  
Technique
color reduction woodcut, printed in 32 colors with 26 press runs 
Image Size
10 x 8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
102 of 120  
Annotations
titled, dated, editioned and copyrighted in pencil 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory Rives heavyweight wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GOMO317 
Price
$500.00 
Description

April, High Desert bears witness to the stunning celebration of spring in the high desert. After a rainy winter, wildflowers transform California's high desert into a vibrant colorful canvas. Some of the species of wildflowers blooming during a relatively short spring season include Parish's Poppy, Hairy Desert-Sunflower, Desert Lily, Sand Verbena, Dune Evening Primrose and Indigo Bush.

Gordon Mortensen commented on the process he uses:

"Only one woodblock is used. On it an image is drawn in India ink. Before the first color is printed, any areas that are to remain unprinted (white or the color of the paper) are cut away from the surface of the block. Then an oil base ink is used to print the first color on all of the sheets of paper that are to be used for the edition and proofs. After the first printing the block is again cut, removing any surface of the block that is to remain the first color in the finished print. After each subsequent color is printed, the block is cut, the process continues until the print is finished and most of the surface of the block is cut away."

 
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