In 1979, the owner of a local establishment that supplied art at wholesale prices to interior decorators, saw Whytock's work and commissioned him to render 4 pen and ink's of sailing yachts. This was the beginning of Whytock's art career.
    He struggled for the first year and was about to return to the construction industry, when he was hired as an in-house illustrator at a company in Orange County that produced health-training films for Saudi Arabian National Television. At the end of two years, and after becoming the head of the video department, he resigned and went to work as a painter at a large mural studio. After three years, he became the principle artist, single-handedly designing and painting special orders for a variety of establishments and also creating prototypes that were then copied by other staff artists.
    He ventured out on his own in 1986 after winning a mural competition for the San Juan Capistrano Missions' Rancho Room Museum. Over the next 10 years he would paint scores of custom works for various hospitality concerns, illustrations for commerce and paintings for many prestigious galleries.
    In 1995 he was given a single mural commission for the Buffet area at the new Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on 'The Strip' in Las Vegas. The design team on the project was so impressed with Whytock's work, that he was awarded a 30 + mural contract for the re-model project at the Luxor in 1996. It included the main registration area, the connector-bridge to the Excalibur, the Luxor Steak House, the food court and the casino. Since then, he has painted over 150 murals and custom paintings for hotels and casinos in Las Vegas as well as other areas of the United States.
    After 25 successful years in the commercial art industry, Whytock will, beginning in the fall of 2003, focus his ambitions on the fine art world. Look for his booth at the New York Art Expo in February, 2004.