Miriam Weest Scott passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in her studio in Little Compton. Her daughters and faithful friends were with her through her last months and days.

Born on October 6, 1923, Miriam grew up in Haddonfield, New Jersey. She studied art history and visual art at Smith College, graduating with a BA in 1944. She then moved to New York where she served as studio assistant to Dutch artist Joep Nicolas until the end of World War II. She worked as photographer for a Belgian delegation studying American architecture as an inspiration for the rebuilding of Europe, then returned briefly to Northampton as a special projects photographer in the Art Department at Smith College. Moving to Antwerp to assist architect Hugo Van Kuyck, she traveled extensively in Europe and the Near East. Much of her time was spent in Rome, where she shot a photo-essay on Black American GIs who had elected to live in Italy after serving there in wartime.

After returning to the United States, Miriam married Robert E. Scott, and raised four children in Moorestown, New Jersey and London, England before moving to Little Compton in 1976. Over the course of her career she started two successful businesses: The Box Stall in Moorestown, and Miriam W. Scott Real Estate Country & Coastal in Little Compton.  She also created beautiful gardens at her homes in England and Little Compton.

For many years, Miriam was an active and knowledgeable member of the Little Compton Garden Club. An avid painter and sketch artist, Miriam continued to paint and draw until the last weeks of her life at 94. For more information on her artwork visit www.miriamwscott.com.

Miriam is survived by her daughters, Elizabeth Eustis of Westport, Massachusetts; Molly Scott of Seattle, Washington; and Lucinda Scott-Kellermeier of Berlin, Germany; four grandchildren, Edith Eustis, Peter Eustis, Philip Kellermeier, and Hannah Kellermeier; and a great granddaughter, Cora Eustis. She was predeceased by her husband and by their son Robert W. Scott.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to Stay At Home Little Compton, which lovingly enabled Miriam to live at home through the last months of her life.