Hi, I'm Courtney.

I'm a Southern contemporary artist currently living in Atlanta, 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.

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Nice way to wake up. (Photo of my painting “Matilda”- named after the Roald Dahl character)

I could look at this all day. (Dreams In Color release coming on October 17th!)

If you’re an artist and are curious about lighting/photographing your work, I just walked you through my whole process over on my stories today! (And if you missed it, they’re on my “behind the scenes” highlight tab)

I’m incredibly lucky to have amazing light in my studio, which makes painting in there delightful. Photographing work on the other hand can be a struggle. All of the light can actually make it much more difficult due to multiple light sources, shadows etc. So after years of fighting with it (and a lot of photo editing after the fact) I finally took the plunge and ordered lights. I can.not. WAIT to try them out! (Of course, I probably need to set them all up first 😉)

Before this commission I‘d never even heard of the Crown of Thorns plant, but now I’m obsessed with their modern blooms. Aren’t they cool looking? (I also learned that the Crown of Thorns plant was named in reference to the legend that its thorn covered branches formed the crown placed on Jesus during his crucifixion. Most likely not true, but still a cool story.)

Napkin Invitations

June 23, 2009 in Cool Things, Paper Goodness

from 100 layer cake via oh happy day!

I am always writing on napkins and when I saw these I couldn't help but think of how clever these invitations are. Would definitely take some patience, but I personally think it'd be worth it. Hope you enjoy!