A painting called “Poe’s Tavern”

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy newest painting is now available! If you’d like to use it as your desktop calendar for this new month, just click on the image below to download it to your computer. To read the story behind this painting, click on this link to visit www.mariescottstudios.com

What happens when 18 people pray for 18 days? (highlights from Piccolo Spoleto 2012)

Export to PDF | Export to DOC Does prayer make a difference? It sure did for me. Even as I write this, someone I love is smack dab in the midst of a major life crisis, but I’ve watched in awe over the last month as our powerful God has continued to specifically answer the […]

Goodbye, Hydrangeas…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCCharleston here we come! I am not thrilled about leaving my hydrangea behind. It is in full bloom right now, and by the time I return from my time exhibiting at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, it will probably be spent and faded. There are some other things I’m not […]

The cutest cottage on Sullivan’s Island

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe owner of this adorable home located on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, let my husband Tim and I stay here for a night during the 2011 Piccolo Spoleto Festival. This was not a friend or relative, or even an acquaintance who loaned us her home. She was just a generous woman, […]

Greenville’s First Friday is tonight!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIt’s a great night to be in downtown Greenville! Come visit me at 201 Studios tonight from 6-9pm. You can bring your kids and have their silhouette created in just 5 minutes, shop for Christmas gifts and stocking-stuffers, try on jewelry, hear live music, learn about Greenville’s train station, see […]

11.11.11 (even better than I could have imagined!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you know me at all, you may have noticed that I’ve been pretty excited, anticipating 11.11.11. That’s because back in 2003, I realized that the calendar would be a perfectly symmetrical date on my 41st birthday. Since then, I have spent the last eight years reminding my husband […]

Some questions just aren’t that easy to answer…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCLast Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we had a total of 602 visitors at 201 Studios. The reason for all the traffic? Greenville’s Premier Art Event of the year — Open Studios— was taking place. “Was it a success?” That is an interesting question. I guess the best answer to […]

“living in a van, down by the river!”

Export to PDF | Export to DOCOK, so maybe this isn’t the setting Chris Farley had in mind when he talked about living in a van down by the river. In contrast, I would actually LOVE living down by THIS RIVER (preferably in a luxury condo — not a van.) The location of this oil […]

40 years of marriage deserves a Big Vacation

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMerry Christmas, Happy Anniversary, and Happy Birthday! As of today, my parents have been married for about 41.75 years. In the spring of 2010 they took a Mediterranean cruise to celebrate both their 40th Anniversary and 60th Birthdays. This painting is a Christmas gift for my dad. I painted it […]

Moving day is almost here.

Export to PDF | Export to DOC I am moving. But just down the road to a studio in downtown Greenville. It’s called ART CROSSING, and starting on Monday I’ll be painting in Studio 201. This will be my 4th Studio since I began living my artist’s life in 2001. I hope I like it. […]