Artwork by
Mary D. Ott
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Grass Bouquet VI (2010) Etching
With Screenprint 27"
x 19" Framed 37"
x 28"
Summer Reflections (2011) Etching
With Aquatint and Oil Pastel 18"
x 23 1/2" Framed 24"
x 30"
Dark Magenta Grasses I (2013) Monotype 12Ó x 12"
Framed 20Ó
x 20Ó
Dark Magenta Grasses II (2013) Monotype 12Ó x 12"
Framed
20Ó x 20Ó |
Current and Upcoming Exhibits TouchstoneÕs April 2013 members show runs from Wednesday,
April 3 through Sunday April 28. There will be an
evening reception on Friday, April 5 and a 3rd Thursday opening on April 18,
both from 6 to 8:30 pm. The membersÕ show includes my original print ÒGrass Bouquet VI.Ó Touchstone
Gallery
is open from 11 to 6, Wednesday through Friday, and 12 to 5, Saturday and
Sunday. The gallery is located at 901 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC
20001. (202-347-2787) In May 2013
Touchstone will present an all-membersÕ show titled ÒA Dip in the BlueÓ from
Wednesday May 1 to Sunday June 2. The opening reception will be on Friday May 3, and the
3rd Thursday opening on May 16, both from 6 to 8:30 pm. IÕll be showing a
mixed-media work ÒSummer Reflections.Ó In July 2013 I will present an exhibit at Touchstone
Gallery titled ÓHot Off the Press.Ó This
exhibit will feature my monotypes, one-of-a-kind hand-pulled prints. The
exhibit will run from Wednesday July 3 through Sunday July 28. Evening
openings will be on Friday July 12 and Thursday July 25 from 6 to 8:30 pm.
The gallery will be closed on Thursday July 4. The graceful
design of ornamental grasses was the inspiration for the prints in the
exhibit. Dried ornamental grass was used either to print an image of the
grass using etching ink, or to block out the ink and maintain a white area on
a colored field. This exhibit includes a number of series of prints, each
series starting with one image and then including variations of that image. Media Acrylic and Mixed-Media Painting and Drawing Examples of Artwork Gallery and Other Affiliations I am a member of Touchstone Gallery, an artist-owned
contemporary art gallery located at 901 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC
20001. (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 ÒWide GrassÓ was presented in
a number of variations, including single images, multiple images, and
combinations of a number of prints in hanging cascades. The etching ÒGrass BouquetÓ was combined with
screenprinting to create mixed-media prints. Monotypes that are part of the
series ÒBouquet of GrassesÓ were displayed in an array that highlighted their
bright and contrasting colors. The prints are all variations on the theme of
grasses. 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
É Mary D. OttÕs
prints of wild grasses É 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 grassÕs 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 Òwide grassÕÕ pieces are sometimes printed in ways that abstract the
basic design. OttÕs 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: ÒMaryÕs
delicate monoprints of grasses have been refined to their essence; they are beautiful,
simple, shimmering.Ó - - - - - In an article in 2006, The University of Chicago Magazine featured my paintings and prints. Be sure to click on
ÒRead More.Ó - - - - - 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
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