Working South: Paintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte

J'aime beaucoup regarder les productions de cet artiste, ces oeuvres sont si belles que l'on dirait que ceux sont des photos, elles magnifient les hommes et les femmes de son pays dans leur quotidien, il faut donc regarder et observer son travail, c'est beau mais inaccessible tellement sa technique est parfaite. A recommander aux âmes sensibles à la beauté et au travail bien fait, ce livre s'adresse aux aquarellistes chevronnés qui veulent égaler ou approcher la haute technicité. C'est époustouflant cette technique ....

I am a huge fan of Mary Whyte's work. This is a beautiful book which I share with my students in my classes and workshops all the time. I remind them that while she is basically creating portraits in watercolor, what she is really doing is telling a story about the people of the South. This is powerful, moving and emotional work. Ordinary, working class subjects are painted in a loving and magical way. Her portraits of children and the elderly in particular are incredible. Mary's ability to tell a story along side her vast technical skills - color, composition, light, and details - this magical mix of almost photo realism right up next to abstract elements will show you the depth and breath of the medium and inspire you time and time again.

What a treasure this book is! Mary Whyte is, without a doubt, a truly gift artist. She brings life and light to all her paintings. I particularly love this book since I'm from South Carolina and have seen so many of the scenes she paints. This book not only shows Ms. Whyte's lovely paintings, but give us the story behind each one.

A lovely book and much praised in local newspaper reviews across the USA. Mary was wise to compose her work around a central theme and this is an idea that watercolor artists might like take on board to achieve the successful marketing of their work.There are certainly not many living artists that can command $60,000 + for a watercolor painting, but Mary Whyte can and does - and this book illustrates her work as to why that is possible.

This is a wonderful book of Mary's paintings of working people in the south. Each painting captures a person or a few people doing a hard day's work and often at a job that is now disappearing. No one does watercolor portraiture better than Mary and the way she paints skin, wrinkles, shadows, and expressions is so convincing. This is about each person's story and their locale... this is not a "how to" book that demonstrates how to do each painting and what paint colors to use, etc. It is simply a book of gorgeous, thoughtful paintings to be enjoyed.