Artwork by Mary D. Ott
	Wide Grass (2009) Etching with aquatint and color viscosity on Kochi 9" x 24" Framed 20.5" x 34.75" Two Wide Grass Panels (2010) Two etchings with aquatint on Unryu, hemmed; bamboo; cotton cord 46" x 30" Blue, Yellow and Green Grasses (2010) Unique soft ground etching with screenprint Framed 38" x 29" Bouquet of Grasses LVII (2010) Monotype 10" x 10" Framed 18.25" x 17.25" Bouquet of Grasses LII (2010) Monotype 10" x 10" Framed 18.25" x 17.25"	Media Printmaking Acrylic and Mixed-Media Painting and Drawing Examples of Artwork Prints of Landscapes and Interiors Monotypes One-of-a-Kind Screenprints Photogravures “Grass” Paintings Gallery and Other Affiliations I am a member of Touchstone Gallery, an artist-owned contemporary art gallery in Washington, DC. Located at 901 New York Ave., NW, Touchstone is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 to 6, and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 5. (info@touchstonegallery.com; 202-347-2787) My work is also available through the art consultants group Art Registry. Touchstone Gallery Exhibit 2011 This exhibit of original hand-pulled prints—etchings, screenprints, monotypes, and mixed-media prints—comprised diverse images with grasses as their theme. The etching “Wide Grass” was presented in a number of variations, including single images, multiple images, and combinations of a number of prints in hanging cascades. The etching “Grass Bouquet” was combined with screenprinting to create mixed-media prints. Monotypes that are part of the series “Bouquet of Grasses” were displayed in an array that highlighted their bright and contrasting colors. The prints are all variations on the theme of grasses. Images from the exhibit are shown on the left. Commentary and Reviews Washington Post Review of my Exhibit Grasses at Touchstone Gallery Excerpted from: The Washington Post Style--Galleries April 29, 2011 By Mark Jenkins Natural selections … Mary D. Ott’s prints of wild grasses … present their subjects in manageable sizes and formats, and emphasize craft over conceptualism. Ott uses dried ornamental grasses as the motifs for monotypes and screen prints that showcase color as much as form. Some prints show wispy shapes on white backgrounds, while others frame the grass’s fragile outlines in reverse and are primarily blocks of bold colors, including reds and red-browns. (Few of these works are green.) The artist also suggests grass in etchings that are actually made with thread, creating rows of thin lines that evoke stalks. These “wide grass’’ pieces are sometimes printed in ways that abstract the basic design. Ott’s prints suggest traditional Asian art, and some of them are printed on Japanese kochi or Thai unryu paper, adding vegetable textures to the images of vegetation. The pieces are beautifully made and unapologetically decorative. This work may perform merely the gentlest of twists on its natural inspirations, but it does so with skill and grace. - - - - - Works in my Bouquet of Grasses series were featured at Touchstone Gallery in 2008. Ellyn Weiss (www.eweissart.com) blogged: “Mary’s delicate monoprints of grasses have been refined to their essence; they are beautiful, simple, shimmering.” - - - - - In an article in 2006, The University of Chicago Magazine featured my paintings and prints. Be sure to click on “Read More.” - - - - - To inquire about the artwork or provide feedback on this website, please contact me at: marydott@earthlink.net No part of this web site may be reproduced without the written permission of Mary D. Ott. Page revised May 2012.