I was so honored to have my artwork be the first on a new collection by MB Greene called the Work of heART collection. This was inspired by her late sister Mandy, who loved to paint. Proceeds go towards a foundation in Mandy’s honor, and this work is meant to be inspirational, happy, and celebrate a life well lived.
https://www.mbgreene.com/collections/work-of-heart
Bold, cheerful, and unexpected, Flowers Across the Intercoastal will brighten up any home, even on a gloomy day. Inspired by taking a slow boat ride along the intercostal waterways in South Florida, you never know what colors you’ll see along the way. Changing light, a quick sun shower coming through, sunrise or sunset, these color combinations are fleeting and memorable.
Minted selected Flowers Along the Intercoastal for an Editor’s Award in 2019. Shop fabric and home products with this pattern on Minted here.
A dream come true in 2020 was creating a collection of coloful and playful artwork for surfboards and stand up paddle boards. This collection infuses curiosity, joy, and the appreciation of nature’s beauty through the art. This collection is for people who delight in living and playing in the water, just as I did as a kid growing up near the ocean, and spending half my life in a pool as a platform diver and water polo goalie!
Strawberry novelty designs created as options to narrow down for Pattern Observer Studio. The brief was to focus on novelty trends and colors for the market. Three of these were selected and represented by Pattern Observer Studio at Blueprint Virtual Market in September 2020.
Email me here if interested in licensing! I’d love to help your brand stand out with some fresh novelty patterns based in design trends.
The Motherhood of Art
Cinnabar Poppy is a personal favorite that is inspired by timeless designs from the past, but with a fresh take. Inspired by Hawaiian Quilting, ferns, and cheerful polka dots, this is a perfect pattern to dress up your sofa or guest room, or to enjoy a meal with loved ones on a lazy weekend morning (might I suggest blueberry pancakes with whipped cream?!)
This design was a reward recipient in May 2017 for Minted x West Elm art competition. It is available on Minted in 10 fresh colorways on fabric and products.
Shop Cinnabar Poppy here on Minted.
Little Clementine is a pattern available on Minted.com. Lively, bright, and full of fun - it’s perfect to bring citrus notes into your home, or to share joy in a child’s room. Available in 10 colorways to fit any home.
Jungle is a lush exploration of organized chaos and a mish-mash of plants and shapes that you may see in the wild. When creating this organic and free-flowing pattern, I realized that the negative space was more interesting than the intended design, and followed the serendipity.
Jungle is available in multiple colorways for fabric on Spoonflower, and home products including wallcovering, bedding, placemats, etc.
This pattern is also available for licensing.
Hi New Friend! I’m Marissa. I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m an Artist & Surface Pattern Designer based in South Florida that is fascinated by color, pattern, and finding the meaning and beauty in everyday moments and memories.
My goal is to maintain my sense of wonder and curiosity in the world around me, and find a reason to laugh, because life can be hard - and these moments make it worth it.
I delight in things others may not notice - pretty purple flowers on the road after a rainstorm, reflections on the water while paddle boarding with my family, or turquoise dishes drying on a rack.
These snippets of inspiration make me smile and usually show up in my paintings, collage, and digital drawings in some way.
I love to translate this playfulness and joy into patterns that will end up in people’s homes.
I hope that people who connect with my work feel a sense of delight and a reminder to enjoy moment in their daily life.
When I’m not creating art, I’m a consulting Director for Workplace Strategy & Change Management, a Life Coach, Author, occasional speaker, Founder of Carve Out Time for Art community, co-author of “The Motherhood of Art”, and Mom. I live in South Florida with my painter husband, 2 kids, Mother, and chocolate lab.
You can follow my antics on Instagram or check out my Life List here
Caitlin Wilson’s stunning patterns and interiors have long been admired. It was an honor to recreate her gorgeous designs in watercolor for her portfolio, and icons for her 2013 website re-branding and collateral. She was every bit at lovely as she appears.
Happy Blossoms is an award winning pattern for Minted x West Elm’s 2017 competition that has been turned into home products and popular apron and oven mitt sets that sell out each holiday season. The apron has been featured in HGTV Magazine, Minted’s holiday catalog, and NY Post’s Mother’s Day Gift Guide.
It was created for a fun loving person who is not afraid of bold designs, color, and enjoys laughing!
Happy Blossoms is available on Minted in 10 coorways for fabric and products.
In 2017 I created 3 tropical inspired designs for Swedish brand CaseApp to be used on phone cases and technology products here.
Perfectly imperfect, playful and colorful, these are sure to brighten up any breakfast nook or napping area. Inspired by the wavy lines on a curved overpass I noticed on my daily commute each day, and the bright colors of South Florida, I hope these bring a smile to your day.
Bloom Collection is an inspired take on the Cottage Core trends with colors relevant for upcoming Sprint and Summer seasons. It’s a playful take on illustrative and graphic florals with linear ginghams and stripes.
This collection was created with home decor, quilting, and spring / summer fashion in mind.
Inquire about licensing and see the entire Bloom Collection here.
My sketchbook is where I can be free and let ideas incubate, do research, and learn! You can see more of my sketchbook on Instagram #marissahubersketchbook
Valencia design won an Editor's Award in May 2017 for Minted x West Elm art competition. Minted asked me to create a repeat pattern in 10 colorways to license for fabric and products.
This citrus pattern was inspired by the winter fruit in Florida and to inject sunshine into your home no matter where you live.
In 2015, I participated in Elle Luna & The Great Discontent's "The 100 Day Project". I decided to paint an interior or exterior vignette using watercolors. My goals were to practice painting in a looser style without the use of black in lines. I wanted to be better at painting using color and marks to form the things I was drawing versus relying on outlines. As the project progressed, I realized how much narratives and stories informs my work. I had to create a character to make the design decisions for what I wanted to paint and for it to make sense. The stories became as important as the painting, if not more. They were all strong females going through a transition. The project became quite personal as my family and I went through a huge transition during this project. I interviewed for a job, got a job in Miami, and moved with my husband and toddler from Philly to Florida as we had been wanting to do.
A highlight was meeting other Philly people also doing this project, and having my first sense of belonging to the greater artist community doing the work I wanted to be doing.
This project was not every day as things in my life progressed. But I did finish and I totally count it!
Funny Little Flowers design won an Editor's Award in May 2017 for Minted x West Elm art competition. Minted asked me to create a repeat pattern in 10 colorways to license for fabric and products.
This happy print is called funny little flowers because they look to me like sushi roll had a baby with a dragon fruit. Yet slightly refined but intentionally messy to retain glee.
In 2010, I received a generous set of oil paints for my wedding shower. I didn't know how to start, and my art professor husband encouraged me to start by trying to mix colors I had seen and recreate them. This started a project over the next 1-1/2 years where I'd challenge myself to notice colors on my bike ride home from work, or exploring Philly with friends. I'd try to recreate and record the colors and remember something tangible. Some were in oil paint, but many were in watercolor and inks as my time was limited with work. This project has stuck with me and years later, the memories are still strong. The entire project can be viewed here.
Summer Waves design won an Editor's Award in May 2017 for Minted x West Elm art competition. Minted asked me to create a repeat pattern in 10 colorways to license for fabric and products.
The original design was inspired by diagonal lines in repetition on construction signs I kept seeing driving over a large ramp each day. It was bright orange and juxtaposed beautifully with bright blue sky. It became something entirely different!
I enjoyed the 100 Day Project last year so much that I decided to do it on my own this year. I have very limited time due to my dayjob and daily commute of 2 hours per day, so I was very realistic with my goals. I decided to focus on honing my skills to use negative space, select a minimal palette of colors, and work digitally. You can see the entire project on Instagram through the hashtag #100DaysofNegativeSpace
Each day, I used the iPhone or iPad app, Paper by FiftyThree to create a digital painting. My limit was I had to use 3 colors (not including the white background), and attempt to use keep some negative space. It was interesting to see what patterns (no pun intended) emerged. I loved creating amorphous shapes, and overlaying transparencies. You'll notice in the later ones that I'm starting to create patterns, which is something I'd love to do in the future. These were so much fun, and I would like to recreate some of them or do larger work in the vein of this project using scraping methods to move paint around, and some type of painting or printing. We shall see!
