Tithonia diversifolia

Export to PDF | Export to DOCTithonia diversifolia Plant Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family that is commonly known as the tree marigold, Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum. — Wikipedia Scientific name: Tithonia diversifolia Higher classification: Tithonia Rank: Species Here are photos the painting I […]

My favorite month deserves a favorite painting.

Export to PDF | Export to DOCNovember is my Birthday Month! Growing up, birthdays were a HUGE deal in my family. It took him a few years to catch on, but after 21 birthdays together, my husband Tim has become an expert on giving my Birthday Month the recognition it so deserves. If November is […]

A Flying Dahlia is born…

Export to PDF | Export to DOC“Flying Dahlia” is a commissioned oil painting. It was inspired by a smaller painting called “Dahlia (from my garden)”, which was found in my 2012 wall calendar. My client LOVED that painting so much, but needed a larger size to fill her wall. We looked at several other dahlia […]

Wallpaper your desktop with a Sunflower Calendar

Export to PDF | Export to DOCDon’t you just love turning the page on your calendar? I love the anticipation of “what comes next”  — both visually and with life. I hope you enjoy this month’s desktop calendar “Sunflower Flame” as much as I enjoyed painting it!  It can be viewed at http://www.mariescottstudios.com which contains my entire […]

A fiery flower is finished…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy newest oil painting called “Sunflower Flame” is complete! I love the fiery ring of petals that make up this sunflower. That wasn’t my original intent, however sometimes a painting takes on a life of its own. Especially when it is one I am simply painting for my own […]

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

Where is spring? (a new desktop calendar for April)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI painted this piece in 2006 while longing for spring to come. Sometimes I forget how long and terrible the Milwaukee winters were for me. This was our fifth winter living in South Carolina, and they usually seem to go by pretty quickly. Every month when I send out […]

What are you giving your Valentine next Thursday?

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you still need an idea for your 2013 Valentine, I might just be able to help you out! Here’s a little taste of what you could find inside Home Color this coming week (assuming you get here first. 🙂 ) Be sure to plan ahead… February 14th will […]

And the winner is… (results of my print give-away contest!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOC317 petals later… my painting of downtown Greenville, SC was finally completed. Thanks to ALL of you who guessed the time it would take to paint the flowers in this bouquet. Of the 60+ guesses I received, one person came within 30 minutes of guessing the correct amount of […]

What to do with a cute dish towel?

Export to PDF | Export to DOC{ My universal answer to all decorating questions… } Make a pillow! This pillow started out as an adorable dish towel. I can only take credit for spotting its beauty, and then sewing and stuffing it. Thanks to my lovely assistant, Doris Bickel, Home Color will be open this […]