Fall

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Fall is a stunning representation of an autumnal landscape. Mortensen captured the mood of season with purple, golds, reds, oranges, and greens. Barren branches suggest the approach of winter, red leaves shimmer in the finality of their life cycle, and grasses turn golden in the cool depths of this woodland scene. Mortensen is a master of the reduction woodcut method carving numerous blocks and using a multiplicity of colors to create a painterly scene that has amazing depth. Fall evokes the coolness of twilight when the lingering sunlight sets the foliage ablaze.