November 1 – December 7, 2025
Mary’s exhibition includes sculptural works and paintings about books, each displaying her signature style of layering that suggests weathered surfaces speaking of time.
My work as an artist has been largely concerned with the interface between Nature and Culture, which has long been an interest of mine. As a lover of books they often figure in the work as representatives of culture alongside nature images. This interface has become more and more in our contemporary world a critical subject to contemplate.
Short Bio:
Mary Mountcastle Eubank is one of the original co-founders of Gallery Route One, starting the organization with Toni Littlejohn over forty years ago. She served as Director, then Co-Director of the organization’s Project Space Program for Visiting Artists, before retiring from that role in 2020. Mary lives in a hand-built house at the edge of a forest of pine, oak, bay and madrone trees covering the Inverness Ridge, where much of the land belongs to the National Seashore. Her paintings, assemblages and artist’s books owe much of their meditative atmosphere to the forest and the solitude she experiences living among the trees. The gallery is fortunate to have Mary’s creative presence and artwork on exhibition. To see more of her work, check out her large evocative painting titled TREE, LADDER, BOOK, which graces the main wall of The Station House Cafe Restaurant in downtown Point Reyes Station.