Courtney Khail | Southern Watercolor Artist (photo by Elle Golden)

Hi, I'm Courtney.

I'm a Southern contemporary artist currently living in Athens, Georgia with my husband and our rescue mutt. Here you'll find a peek into what inspires me, new pieces I'm working on, and a whole lot of random thoughts. (Oh! And for those curious, my last name is pronounced “kale”.)

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Every time I think I’m finished with these two, something pulls me back in and tells me “not just yet.”

Featuring a color palette of varying oranges, my painting “Cassandra” was inspired by the mythological figure by the same name.

Here’s how the story goes: Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam of Troy. A priestess, she dedicated

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Great things come in small packages.

“Jigsaw No. 6”
Original watercolor and ink painting on paper
4”x4”
$125

Doing the quiet work in the studio today (removing hundreds and hundreds staples, stretching paper, etc) which always gives me a lot of time to meditate and think. One thing my mind keeps coming back to? How heartbreaking it is that there are so many

My watercolor class in live!

August 05, 2013 in DIY, From the Studio

Come Watercolor with Me! from Courtney Khail on Vimeo.

Hey everyone! Today is such a super exciting day- my watercolor class is finally live! So if you've ever wanted to learn watercolors, just need a refresher, or maybe you just skipped the gym this morning and feel like you should do something- come on over! It's only $10, it's all online so you could be in your pjs if you wanted to be, and you have the videos for 6 MONTHS so you are in absolutely no rush.

Sound good? Awesome. Let's go get painting.

(Sign up at www.jeanneoliver.ning.com)