My name is Kathleen Bryan, and I am an artist from Scottsboro, Alabama. I started Cotton and Camellia as an outlet to express the things that bring me life, bring me joy, and bring me comfort. I started by painting with acrylic paints and doing single images, but more recently have moved into creating collections of repeating patterns. I now use a combination of acrylic painting and Photoshop for my artwork. I grew up on a farm, and my Bachelor’s degree is in Animal Science, which has definitely influenced some of my earlier artwork. Today I am mostly inspired by nature, and it is expressed in the themes of my designs.

I begin each collection with a mood board depicting a desired theme and color palette.

(A note: This is an example mood board I have created with my own images. I often use images from Pinterest for my mood boards, therefore I want to be respectful of copyrights. I keep my mood boards for private use.)

Next I move on to hand painting with acrylics on canvas.

Afterwards I scan the paintings into digital format.