
An Artist's Life
Unlocking Creative Expression
Mary Whyte(Author)
University of South Carolina Press
Published on 14. October 2025
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-64336-540-4 (ISBN)
Description
An artist's guide to creating expressively and living meaningfully "Being an artist is a joyful way of moving through the world and transcribing our experience for others to see and feel. Knowing what is essential to one's soul and finding one's true artistic voice is the catalyst and gateway to producing one's most meaningful works of art." -Mary Whyte, from the Introduction
During her fifty years as an artist and teacher, Mary Whyte has discovered that tapping our personal well of creativity and passion is the most important lesson-much more so than how to paint an eye or clouds or steam. In An Artist's Life, Whyte guides art makers and art lovers past stifling obstacles and self-doubts to see the world with fresh eyes and create their most original and expressive work. A touchstone for developing the habits we need to live our most creative, inspired, and meaningful life, artists of all kinds, as well as non-artists seeking a more creative and fulfilling life, will return to this transformative life-long art lesson again and again. Includes seventy of Whyte's acclaimed portraits and new, never-before-seen works.
During her fifty years as an artist and teacher, Mary Whyte has discovered that tapping our personal well of creativity and passion is the most important lesson-much more so than how to paint an eye or clouds or steam. In An Artist's Life, Whyte guides art makers and art lovers past stifling obstacles and self-doubts to see the world with fresh eyes and create their most original and expressive work. A touchstone for developing the habits we need to live our most creative, inspired, and meaningful life, artists of all kinds, as well as non-artists seeking a more creative and fulfilling life, will return to this transformative life-long art lesson again and again. Includes seventy of Whyte's acclaimed portraits and new, never-before-seen works.
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Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
72 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64336-540-4 (9781643365404)
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Person
Mary Whyte is an internationally recognized watercolor artist. Her books include We the People: Portraits of Veterans in America, Working South, and Down Bohicket Road. Whyte is the founder of the Patriot Art Foundation, a national initiative giving veterans a means of expression, connection, and purpose through art. She is the recipient of the Portrait Society of America's Gold Medal and the National Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor. She lives near Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Arnold Nemirow.