Byrne, Mary Gregg 1951–

Personal

Born July 30, 1951, in Oberlin, OH; daughter of Archibald (a professor of literature) and Molly (a writer; maiden name Lindley) Byrne; children: Owen Byrne Chambers. Education: Attended Occidental College; University of Oregon, B.F.A., 1975; attended School of Visual Concepts (Seattle WA), 1995.

Addresses

Office —Changing Light Art Works, P.O. Box 4190, Bellingham, WA 98227. E-mail —mary@marygreggbyrne.com.

Career

Alaskan Silver & Ivory Company, Scrimshaw and advertising designer, 1976–80; portraitist, illustrator, and landscape artist, 1980–. Exhibitions: Work exhibited throughout the United States, and in traveling exhibition of Northwest Watercolor Society.

Member

National Watercolor Society, Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Northwest Watercolor Society, Great Art Support Group, Allied Arts of What-com County.

Awards, Honors

Watercolor award, Northwest International Art Competition, 1990; Seattle Art Award, Northwest Watercolor Society Exhibition, 1991; Northwest Poets and Artists Calendar, runner-up, 1994; People's Choice Award, Northwest International Art Competition, 1996; Juror's Award for Painting, Tacoma Art Museum Northwest Biennial, 1997; Benjamin Franklin Award for Picture Books.

Writings

ILLUSTRATOR

Rachel Wolf, Splash 5: The Glory of Color, Northlight Press, 1998.

Rachel Wolf, Best of Flower Painting, Volume 2, Northlight Press, 1999.

Rachel Wolf, Splash 6: The Best of Watercolor, Northlight Press, 2000.

Cindy McKinley, One Smile, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 2002.

Heidi Charissa Schmidt, Too Many Murkles, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 2003.

Contributor to Bellingham Herald and Watercolor magazine.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, April 1, 2003, Ilene Cooper, review of One Smile, p. 1403.

ONLINE

Mary Gregg Byrne Web site, http://www.marygreggbyrne.com (June 11, 2005).