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

I voted for women.

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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

colene blanch

Good Design: West Elm Soap

October 27, 2011 in Cool Things, Gifts, Good Design

via wit + delight

I love the organic, handmade feeling of this West Elm soap packaging. Designed by Brooklyn-based artist Colene Blanch, it focuses on using simple geometric patterns in a hand painted style- all in a wide range of beautiful grays.