Kayla Carlile is an Oregon-born oil painter known for her ethereal underwater portraits.

Born and raised in Springfield, Oregon, Kayla Carlile is a full-time oil painter. Kayla’s journey as an artist began early. Her earliest memories of art trace back to afternoons spent drawing with her grandmother at the kitchen table. After giving birth to her son Landon at only sixteen, she went on to receive a generous scholarship from the Ford Family Foundation and graduate from the University of Oregon in 2019. She started sharing her artwork online while setting up a weekly booth at the Eugene Saturday Market, eventually converting an old warehouse into a Paint & Sip studio where she taught weekly paint & sip classes. As her audience grew to more than 900,000 across social platforms, her painting career eclipsed her 9–5 job, allowing her to pursue art full time.

Today, a happily married mother of two boys, Kayla paints from her home studio and releases originals and limited editions privately through her online portfolio. Her work is collected worldwide.

Kayla attributes her artistic success to her son, her grandmother, her scholarship from the Ford Family Foundation, and her high school art teacher, Mr. Dickey- whose classroom gave her a safe space and who encouraged her to chase her dream of being an artist.