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. […]

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 […]

Sunrise over the Cooper River Bridge

Export to PDF | Export to DOC COOPER RIVER BRIDGE • 16 inches x 12 inches • ©2011 Marie Scott “Gilligan’s” is painting number ten in a series of ten pieces I created to remember my a trip to Charleston, SC. This painting was inspired by a photo I took on our last morning in the […]

putting all my chips on the table (and then some)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday’s the big day. We’re heading to Charleston for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival which is the cross roads for my painting business. I’m praying that this show will give me some clear direction as to whether or not I keep pursuing my dream of becoming a famous painter, or whether […]

Only 6 more days (until 16 days in my tent)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThis time next week I’ll be finishing up the first of sixteen days as an artist in the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit. Only seven more days until I’ll be living right in the heart of what you’ve been seeing in all these new Charleston paintings I’ve been working […]

What I love about Charleston…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s the third painting in my series of streetscapes from Charleston, SC. Click here to read the inspiration behind this painting. Click here to watch a short clip showing the painting from start to finish.

The making of “Broad Street Barber Shop”

Export to PDF | Export to DOC Here’s a 1:15 minute clip that shows one of my recent oil paintings from start to finish. I’ll be taking all these new street scenes with me to the Piccolo Spoletto Outdoor Art Exhibit, May 27-June 11th in Charleston, SC.

my first pink painting

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHow Pink! How Fun! How Charleston!* Here’s painting #2 in my series called “Turning 40 in Charleston.” I’m working on this series of small streetscapes of that lovely city to take with me to the 2011 Piccolo Spoletto Outdoor Art Festival. I think this painting is my new favorite. […]

standing at the edge of a sea of sunflowers…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI finished a big new oil painting yesterday! It’s called “sunflower path” and it’s from some photos I took from a field in Travelers Rest, SC. To see some of the photos I took of this sea of sunflowers, click here. To read what this painting makes me think […]

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 […]