Mary Lou Wilshaw-Watts  is a detailed and subtle illustrator working with pencil, often in a classical stipple mode. She is also a writer of short stories, with a fine sensitivity to American idiom and landscape. 

• Li Po and John Fletcher: Two Poems on Sleep (2006) 5 ½” x 5 ½”  Cover and 3 illustrations. Li Po adaptation by John Digby.
• Bermudas  Andrew, Marvell (2006), 8 ½” x 5 ½”,  Cover with folded illustrated flaps and 3 interior illustration.
• Seventh Heaven and Other Poems, Bernadette Benati (2006), 8 ½” x 5 ½”, cover and 13 illustrations.
• This Heat (Spring 2009), 5 ¾” x 5 ¾” farthing card prose poem  by Tara Masih with 2 illustrations by Mary Lou Wilshaw-Watt.
• Lucky in Truth (Winter 2009) 8 ½” x 5 ½” illustrated short story by the artist.
• Odds of a Typo (Spring 2009) 8 ½” x 5 ½” illustrated short story by the artist.
• Attila Jozsef Ode (Winter 2009)  8 ½” x 5 ½” with cover and 5 illustrations by Mary Lou Wilshaw-Watt
• The Corner (Summer 2010) 8 x 5" short story by Mary Lou Wilshaw-Watt with cover and 5 illustrations by the author.

Gallery of Work