A Dahlia for your November Desktop Calendar

Export to PDF | Export to DOCEnjoy my most recent painting on your desktop this month! (To read the story behind the painting,click here to see my Marie Scott website.) To see this painting in person, visit the Metropolitan Arts Council for Greenville Open Studios this coming weekend. “Swamp Rabbit Dahlia” will be hanging in […]

2,500 staples and 3-1/2 days later…

Export to PDF | Export to DOC39 Flower Prints were born! I spent the better part of last week working on stretching a whole new batch of Giclee prints for some upcoming events I’m participating in. It was a marathon of stretching for me, as I assembled 30 small flower prints and 9 large prints. […]

So much beauty to share

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy  blog-fast is officially over, but where do I even begin? I guess I’ll start by saying that I gave up my blog for Lent, mostly because I’ve realized over the last couple of years that the “success” of my painting career often teeters on the brink of becoming […]

A volunteer sunflower

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI love sunflowers. Especially when they invite themselves into my yard, and then bloom like crazy for a month. This lovely sunflower just did that, which is why I had to capture it in paint. The painting is actually a commission, so it’s enjoying life in its new home […]

12 paintings for 2012 = 12 months of color

Export to PDF | Export to DOC2012 Print Calendars are ready to order! This vibrant 12-month wall calendar measures 16-3/4″ x 10-7/8″ when open. Each month features one of my new paintings from 2011. They are $18 each with free shipping. Orders are due on Tuesday, November 29th. Click here to order from my website. […]

Your new calendar for April… (no foolin’)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMonth #4 (seriously!) Here’s a new April, 2011 Calendar for your computer’s desktop. Just click on the image, save it to your desktop, and then make that image your wallpaper. Click here to read about this painting on my website. Click here to see a video of this painting from start to […]

I’m in the Christmas Spirit today. (Welcome Spring ’11!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI began this post thinking I would write about the one reason I actually DON’T like Christmas. It’s just too much work! But then when I started looking at all these photos of what’s blooming in my yard…and the WORK it took to have all the flowers blooming this […]

MARCH ’11 (new month/new calendar!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOC Today begins Month #3 of 2011. To celebrate, I’ve made this March 2011 Calendar for your computer’s desktop. Just click on the image, save it to your desktop, and then make that image your wallpaper. Only 20 more days until SPRING begins! Click here to read about this painting on […]

Putting all my (gardening) eggs in one basket

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI can never buy enough plants. No matter how many I have, both in the house and the yard, I always want more. This obsession with wanting more and more flowers for my yard can get pricey. So this year I am determined to learn how to successfully grow […]

finding beauty (done! “rudbeckia”)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe best part of being an artist, is the moment when you decided a painting is DONE! Yesterday I finished an oil painting that I’ve been working on since January 19th. It’s called “Rudbeckia.” (The official name of the big yellow flowers is “Rudbeckia hirta Prairie Sun,” but I thought […]