Background
Mary Whyte was born on December 10, 1953, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, into the family of Donald Robert and Elizabeth Reid (Patton) Whyte.
Mary Whyte was born on December 10, 1953, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, into the family of Donald Robert and Elizabeth Reid (Patton) Whyte.
In 1975 Mary received Bachelor of Fine Arts at Temple University, Tyler School of Art.
Mary started her artistic career in 1976 and continues painting till now. She is also the author of six published books, who has earned awards for her large-scale watercolors. Whyte presents her large-scale watercolor portraits in museum exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally including the Working South exhibition of paintings of people working in vanishing industries throughout the southern United States.
Whyte has works in corporate, university, private, and museum collections, and has exhibited nationally including the Greenville County Museum of Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, The Salmagundi Club, National Arts Club, Mennello Museum of American Art, Telfair Museums, Morris Museum of Art, and internationally in the China and Foreign Countries International Watercolour Summit at the Nanning Art Gallery in Nanning China, and Thailand in the World Watermedia Exposition.
On April 23, 1977 Mary married a gallery owner Smith B. Coleman.