Working South: Paintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte

Mary Whyte (繪者)
Martha Severens (前言)
List Price: $49.95

Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (March 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1570039669
ASIN: 1570039666
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 10.1 x 0.8 inches

Review
Something precious and disappearing that is honored by art has increased chances of being preserved--and honored anew. Mary Whyte's magical and elegant paintings and sketches do battle with that great modern two-faced robber: technology. Clyde Edgerton, southern author and artist

Whyte shares incredibly moving portraits of southerners who work on the edge--invisible to mainstream America. Through her paintings, sketches, and text, she captures workers like an oyster shucker in Urbanna, Virginia; a boatbuilder in Bayou la Batre, Alabama; and an elevator operator in Jackson, Mississippi. She celebrates and honors their lives in this truly memorable volume. William R. Ferris, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mary Whyte is a magnificent artist who has mastered watercolor--one of the most difficult of all painting mediums. Here, she shows us phenomenal skill in portraying rural southern life with an empathy that celebrates the spirit of her subjects, their great passion for their work, and their resilience in facing life's hurdles. Her written narratives which accompany these images are as delightful, tender, and moving as the art itself. Jonathan Green, southern artist
Product Description
In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South with sensitivity and reverence for her subjects. From the textile mill worker and tobacco farmer to the sponge diver and elevator operator, Whyte has sought out some of the last remnants of rural and industrial workforces declining or altogether lost through changes in our economy, environment, technology, and fashion. She shows us a shoeshine man, a hat maker, an oysterman, a shrimper, a ferryman, a funeral band, and others to document that these workers existed and in a bygone era were once ubiquitous across the region.
"When a person works with little audience and few accolades, a truer portrait of character is revealed," explains Whyte in her introduction. As a genre painter with skills and intuition honed through years of practice and toil, she shares much in common with the dedication and character of her subjects. Her vibrant paintings are populated by men and women, young and old, black and white to document the range southerners whose everyday labors go unheralded while keeping the South in business. By rendering these workers amid scenes of their rough-hewn lives, Whyte shares stories of the grace, strength, and dignity exemplified in these images of fading southern ways of life and livelihood.

Working South includes a foreword by Martha Severens, curator of the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, South Carolina.




有教學DVD耶~ 可惜賣光了.....
Artist Daily Workshop: Mastering Watercolor Portraiture with Mary Whyte DVD
Region: All Regions
Studio: Interweave
Run Time: 60 minutes


和市場主流不同，畫者(Whyte)使用最難掌控的媒介-水彩
捕捉社會勞動階級，非凡的技巧，讓畫面更加真實，突顯出社會本質
Whyte的畫充滿活力熱情，不分種族年齡，即使是名不經傳的小人物，每張人物畫像充滿著生命與故事性，即便是沒有劇情的，
紕漏南方最真實的生活方式

整本都是人物畫，進入美國南方農村、來自全國城市，工業勞動者，抓牡蠣的工人、電梯操作員、織廠工人、漁夫、葬儀隊、擦鞋工人等等
都是她繪畫的主角


很棒
國外對這本有極高的讚賞，但.....我覺得有些圖小了點(殘念)
多漂亮的色彩~ 寫實、細膩、氛圍、美麗
畫者對人的細膩和特質與水彩的特性發揮的淋漓盡致


作者本人

有許多文字介紹



現場繪畫


速寫作品




目錄


章節-跨頁大圖超精緻啊!
大圖的氣勢就是不同


後面收錄所小就.......好可惜


每張圖片都會配上Mary Whyte 像日記的方式敘述當下的心情

看得懂英文，對圖片裡的人物的感受會更高吧.....(殘念)













84頁後的作品收錄較輕快，比較偏速寫





一本很精采的人物水彩集~~~~~~~~\OWO/