Lower Oak Creek Canyon - Limited Reduction Woodblock Print by artist Gordon Mortensen Copper Bruce Backman Turner became interested

Bruce Backman Turner became interested in art early in life through the influence of his late father

12" x 12" Unframed

19" x 24" Unframed Etching on Paper

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Lower Oak Creek Canyon - Limited Reduction Woodblock Print by artist Gordon Mortensen Copper Bruce Backman Turner became interested24 x 32" 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