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Meet Mary Whyte
Mary Whyte is an American watercolor artist receiving international recognition for her
watercolor paintings of contemporary realism and portraiture. In 2016 the Portrait Society of
America chose Mary Whyte as the recipient of the Society’s Gold Medal. The Gold Medal
is the highest honor awarded by the Portrait Society with past recipients including iconic
artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, and Nelson Shanks. Whyte has been awarded
the South Carolina Arts Commission’s prestigious Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Award, the highest
honor for an artist given by the state of South Carolina. Mary Whyte presents her watercolor
paintings in museum exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. In
the United States, the ground-breaking exhibition Working South was featured on CBS
Sunday Morning©. The exhibition of 50 works depicted blue-collar workers in industries
vanishing throughout the south, with the exhibition traveling to museums throughout the
southern United States. Whyte’s works exhibiting internationally include the China and
Foreign Countries International Watercolour Summit at the Nanning Art Gallery in Nanning,
China, in which Mary was one of ten watercolor artists of the world invited, and The World
Watermedia Exposition in Thailand.
Mary teaches watercolor classes around the world and is the author
of six nonfiction books published about her life, work, and artist
instruction. A biography written about Mary titled, More Than A Likeness,
The Enduring Art of Mary Whyte, written by art curator and historian,
Martha R. Severens, has also been celebrated in museum exhibitions.
For more information on acquiring Mary’s available works, to view
museum exhibitions, upcoming events/news, and purchase books and
art supplies, please visit www.marywhyte.com and contact Mary
Whyte’s agent/manager, Sharon Crawford at [e-mail]
and 843.870.0430.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whyte