| Mary Gregg Byrne | |
| Birth Place: | Oberlin, Ohio |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Portraits, illustration, landscapes |
| Training: | University of Oregon School of Visual Concepts |
| Awards: | 1997 Juror's Award for Painting, Tacoma Art Museum Northwest Biennial 2003 Benjamin Franklin Award for illustration, One Smile |
Mary Gregg Byrne (born 1951 in Oberlin, Ohio) is an American portraitist, Illustrator, and landscape artist, who is best known for her watercolor paintings.[1]
Byrne was born in 1951, in Oberlin, Ohio and grew up in the Midwest. Byrne's grandmother was an artist, and Byrne started painting when she was a child, being encouraged by her mother.[2]
Byrne went to Occidental College, intending to become a biologist. But she later changed her mind and attended University of Oregon, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking in 1975.[2] After graduating from university, Byrne worked as a scrimshaw and advertising designer at Alaskan Silver & Ivory Company for a few years until 1980. After that, she began painting watercolors. In 1995, she attended School of Visual Concepts.
In 1975, Byrne moved to Bellingham, Washington, where she currently lives.[3]
Byrne's works have been exhibited in many places in the United States. Byrne is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, National Watercolor Society and the Northwest Watercolor Society,[3] and she has had her works shown in traveling exhibition of Northwest Watercolor Society.
In 1997, Byrne received the Juror's Award for Painting at Tacoma Art Museum Northwest Biennial.[1] In 2003, Byrne won a Benjamin Franklin Award for her illustrating work on the 2002 children book One Smile.