O'Keeffe Country by Gordon Louis Mortensen

OKeeffe Country by Gordon Louis Mortensen

O'Keeffe Country

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Title

O'Keeffe Country

 
Artist
Year
2006  
Technique
reduction color woodcut printed in 34 colors with 29 press runs 
Image Size
10 x 8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
ap 5/10 
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, and editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
heavy cream Arches 88 wove 
State
Published 
Publisher
Artist 
Inventory ID
GOMO360 
Price
SOLD
Description

Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre retreat located near Abiquiu in north-central New Mexico, fifty miles north of Santa Fe. Abiquiu, where Georgia O’Keeffe built her home and studio, is located in Rio Arriba County. In his woodcut, O'Keeffe Country, Mortensen depicts the multihued cliffs, the high mesas, the unique land formations, the well-timbered Carson National Forest, and the vast grasslands that nourished O’Keeffe’s soul. In this composition, he captured waves of golden native grasses and blossoming salvias. Fed by seasonal monsoons, the flora on the desert floor softens the harsh landscape, connecting the dramatic, layered mesas with hues as varied as a sunset.