An Artist's Life: Unlocking Creative Expression

By Mary Whyte

An artist's guide to creating expressively and living meaningfully

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, 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, this is a transformative life-long art lesson that artists of all kinds, as well as non-artists seeking a more creative and fulfilling life, will return to again and again. The book includes seventy of Whyte's acclaimed portraits and new, never-before-seen works.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643365401
• ISBN13: 9781643365404
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 196 Pages