Wetherington had a long career in art which began in the Orangeburg schools, where he was encouraged in his endeavors in elementary grades. In high school he was artist for the annual. In 1942,he entered military service,and after training as a combat engineer,was assigned to General Eisenhower's Headquarters in England as graphic artist, and later, to the North African Campaign Headquarters in Algiers, and finally, to the Royal Palace at Caserta, Italy. After World War II, he attended the California School of Arts and Crafts at La Jolla where he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He continued there as a graduate student for teacher training. He then went to work as an art teacher of both children and adults, acting at the same time as Art Department Supervisor for the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune newspapers, a position he held for ten years. In 1960 he came home to South Carolina, and in Charleston, worked as art director for a national advertising agency. His next position was on the art staff of the R.L. Bryan Printing Company in Columbia where he concentrated on graphic and illustrative art. While there, he desiged the famous Universty of South Carolina's Fighting Gamecock emblem in 1965. In 1972, he retired from the graphic arts field, and devoted his time to fine arts. He was a special student of the great American watercolorist, Theodore Kausky, and also studied with Rex Brandt, eminent painter of the West Coast. Member of the Southeastern Watercolor Society and of the Orangeburg League of Arts, Wetherington taught master classes in watercolor and critique classes. He firmly believed that all artists should master watercolor before they attempt any other medium. For some time, he gave critique and final crituque on Jim Harrison's works before they went to print. He is mentioned in Jim Harrison's biography, entitled "His World Remembered." written by Gary Dickey. He had frequent one-man shows in South Carolina and Georgia. His studio and gallery w undefined

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