Paintings that celebrate life and inspire joy

Small painting of bananas in a wooden frame.
Original Paintings
A painting of a bouquet of sunflowers in a white ceramic pitcher on a wooden table, with a sunflower lying on the table in front of the pitcher.
Fine Art Prints
A woman with dark brown hair, wearing a white button-up shirt tied at the waist and black pants, standing next to a window and smiling.

Welcome to my studio

I’m Kayla and I’m happy you’re here!

My paintings are influenced by sunlight, nature, and play - many things that mark my life as a mother to littles. I love capturing beauty and joy in oil, using impressionistic brushstrokes to create vibrant, playful paintings.

A short but stunning Mary Oliver poem beautifully captures the reason I love to paint (see below!).

About the artist
A woman is painting, with a focus on her workspace which includes jars filled with paintbrushes and painting tools. She is near a window, and her face is slightly out of focus in the background.

Instructions for living a life:

Close-up of a person's hand mixing paints with a palette knife on a painter's palette, with various colors of paint on the palette and a wooden background.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it.

-Mary Oliver

Close-up of a carpenter's pocket with various paintbrushes and tools inside, worn denim work pants with paint stains.
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Holiday show prep has arrived, with all its magic and mayhem. Come see the remaining original oil painting ornaments and SO MANY fine art print ornaments (have you heard? My prints are gorgeous)! Carols & Crumpets is from 8am-3pm on December 6th
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I couldn’t be happier or more thankful for what the weekend @uticasquare Art in the Square brought! I cherish every person who stops in to say hello, share an impression or encouragement, or purchase a piece of art. How blessed are we to get to