Mary Mary Quite Contrary by nursery artist Scott Gustafson

Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Scott Gustafson.

  

Can you find all the hidden references to this lovely old nursery rhyme? Scott says that the lively looking daisies are the "pretty maids all in a row." The seashells bordering the flowerbed in the background are "cockle shells." And the silver bells? "When I was a kid," Scott says, "I always called lily of the valley 'silver bells' because of their bell-shaped blooms, so I've 'planted' a few of them at Mary's feet." It would be quite contrary for roses, tulips, and marigold to be anything less than beautiful and the colors of these are simply exquisite.

 

Print released 1999.