Gordon Mortensen is an American artist who aims to uncover the unexpected through his art. Primarily working with acrylics but also experimenting with mixed media his artistic process is chaotic and often unorthodox. Mortensen applies multiple coats of color and a variety of textured papers to the surface of his artworks only to then gouge and remove the layers and reveal the unknown beneath. The final pieces amalgamate disorder and deliberateness to produce art with a profoundly expressive energy.